From Lyxor Asset Management The global economy finished on solid footing in 2013 and growth is set to maintain a healthy pace in 2014. Demand in the developed economies is recovering steadily aided by supportive policies which have helped smooth the deleveraging cycle. Growth in the US is leading other regions and is helped by […] Read more »
Fundamental Commodity and Stat Arb Strategies Preferred for 2014 by FRM
From FRM Investment Management Hedge funds had a small positive month to end 2013. The HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index recorded a 56bps gain, taking performance for the year to positive 6.72%. Within this there was some significant dispersion in manager returns, even within strategies, as the month contained some sizeable asset price movements. Equity […] Read more »
CTAs Stand Out Amongst YTD Returns And Flows
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Hedge fund asset flow data for November was unremarkable with one exception – the flows out of CTAs. There have been outflows from CTAs in aggregate in each of the last 6 months. The performance of CTAs in 2013 has been exceptional, but not in a good way, as the […] Read more »
Japanese Reflation Trade Pays Off For Macro Managers In November
From FRM Investment Management With many of this year’s themes continuing, as discussed above, November was a positive month for hedge funds. The majority of strategies were positive over the month, with very few outliers on either the positive or negative side (given adjustments for volatility). The HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index returned 0.55%. […] Read more »
Graphic of the Day – Investors in CTAs
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Today’s graphic shows the proportion of each investor type that invest in CTAs. Source: Preqin Hedge Fund Investor Profiles From this graphic one could say that a fund of hedge funds is four times as likely to have invested in CTAs as a family office. Or, that a marketer of […] Read more »
GAM Insight – Equity Hedge and Event Driven Managers Ride Trends to Gains in October
From Global Asset Management October got off to a tentative start, with investors focused on the US debt ceiling impasse. This issue was temporarily resolved by mid-month and markets broadly rallied from there, with equities, credit and bonds all moving higher. Many equity hedge and event driven managers reaped the rewards from keeping their gross […] Read more »
Equity Hedge Dominates Quarterly Flows To Claim Largest Strategy Slot
From Hedge Fund Research Total capital invested in the global hedge fund industry surged to a fifth consecutive quarterly record in 3Q13, driven by the highest inflows in over 2 years and eclipsing another milestone of industry expansion. Hedge fund capital rose to $2.51 trillion in 3Q13, an increase of $94 billion over the prior […] Read more »
The CTA Industry Is Not Suffering From Capacity Issues
By James Skeggs, Senior Director, Global Co-Head of Advisory Group at Newedge In the last two years, the CTA industry has grown to manage about $330bn in investor capital. Concurrently, the industry has found itself in a drawdown that has lasted 29 months, which at its worst was 11.7% below its peak in 2011. Some […] Read more »
Managed Futures Tipping Point?
By Hedge Fund Insight staff In September managed futures put in their fifth consecutive month of back-to-back losses. The bigger CTAs in aggregate have lost just over 6% so far in 2013. Smaller CTAs have suffered loses too, with their NAVs off just short of 3% in the YTD period. According to eVestment the hedge […] Read more »
FRM See A Strong CTA Bounce Back As Unlikley In Monthly View
From FRM Investment Management The HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index was positive in September, +0.96%, the majority of strategies ending the month with positive returns. Equity Long-Short managers were amongst the best performing strategies, benefitting from the equity market rally across regions in the first half of the month. Given the large moves seen in […] Read more »