October was the best month of the year so far for Alternative UCITS funds with the LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS index advancing 0.68 per cent, bringing YTD gains to 2.29 per cent. The total universe currently contains over 1400 funds,
The hedge fund industry continued its positive start to the year with another month of gains in March with the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark recording returns of 0.68 per cent through the month, building on gains of 1.01 per
Although the macroeconomic picture for Europe has been muted in the past 24 months, the continent’s alternatives industry is moving from strength to strength, according to Preqin’s second annual Alternatives in Europe report in published in partnership with Amundi. 2018
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) increased its volume on the power derivatives market in June by 14 per cent to 263.6 TWh compared to the previous year. This growth was driven in particular by the German (161.8 TWh, +22 per
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was down 0.71 per cent in May, bringing its year-to-date return to 4.32 per cent. Roughly 15.0 per cent of the hedge fund managers comprising the index have recorded double-digit gains over the first five
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned -1.27 per cent in May, underperforming the -0.68 per cent monthly return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index. The
According to the data from Societe Generale Prime Services February was a strong month for managed futures strategies, with all three CTA indices (the CTA index, the CTA mutual fund index and the Trend index) producing performance in excess of
After a tough start to 2017, macro UCITS strategies began to recover during the summer months. In line with the broader hedge fund market, performance in this category was led by CTA/Managed Futures funds progressing 1.06 per cent during the
Hedge funds were up 5.12 per cent year-to-date, at the end of August registering performance-based gains of USD58.5 billion while seeing net asset inflows of USD81.9 billion as of 2017 year-to-date. That’s according to the latest Eurekahedge monthly report which
HFR reports that total capital invested in Emerging Markets (EM) hedge funds climbed to a record level to begin 2017, as energy commodities and the US dollar posted strong gains. Assets dedicated to EM funds increased to USD200.7 billion (1.38
