By Hedge Fund Insight staff There will be new issuance of £11.3bn in UK listed investment companies over the next three years with two thirds of this new issuance to occur in alternative investments.”The number of alternative investment companies launched in the last five and ten years was more than twice as high as […] Read more »
Acceptance? UCITS Hedge Funds Best AUM Growth This Decade
UCITS hedge funds were not exempt from the impact of the shrinking of the global hedge fund industry, as shown by the number of closures in 2017, which was a good year for hedge funds in terms of performance. More than half of the UCITS funds listed in the Eurekahedge database charge up to 1% management fees. On the other hand, only 26.7% […] Read more »
Brevan Howard – Graphic of the Day – AUM v Regulated Staff
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UBS O’Connor Stalls in 2015
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Approximately 25% of O’Connor and HFS performance fee-eligible assets exceeded high-water marks as of 31 December 2015, an improvement from 21% as of 30 September 2015, continuing to reflect challenging market conditions in the fourth quarter. Read more »
Activist Hedge Funds Infogram & Research Summary
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Graphic Of The Day – UCITS v Non-UCITS Hedge Funds in Europe
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Multi-Strategy Under The Gun As European Hedge Funds Lag
From Hedge Fund Insight staff The latest flow data from Eurekahedge for the hedge fund industry show net outflows from Europe-focused hedge funds. Only two investment strategies could possibly accommodate the scale of monthly redemptions from European funds – fixed income and multi-strategy (Table 1/Figure 2). So it is highly likely that the biggest outflows […] Read more »
UCITS Hedge Funds – Graphics of the Day
From Eurekahedge UCITS hedge funds have maintained a strong pattern of growth in 2014, with the industry delivering modest returns and also attracting plenty of new capital from investors. Currently the size of the industry stands at a record high of US$275.2 billion, overseen by a population of 1,016 funds. The onset of the Eurozone […] Read more »
Asian hedge fund industry hotspots: HK & Singapore for HQs, Greater China for mandates
From Eurekahedge The Asian hedge fund industry delivered excellent performance in 2013, beating underlying markets and outperforming its global peers during the year. The Eurekahedge Asia Hedge Fund Index gained 16.10% in 2013 with the total assets under management (AUM) increasing by US$20.6 billion. This brings the total size of the Asian hedge fund industry […] Read more »