Incisive Views from Professionals
For 2008 it has been estimated by data provider Preqin that Europe-based investors allocated a combined €175bn to hedge funds; today there are over 1,100 institutional investors in Europe actively investing over €404bn in hedge funds – a huge increase since the GFC. In 2017 Preqin produced a study with AIMA looking at employment in the hedge fund sector; the study estimated that […] Read more »
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 »
2017 year-to-date return for Europe v other regions All Data from Eurekahedge Read more »
From Preqin related content: Graphic of the Day: UCITS Share of European Hedge Fund Launches (Dec 2016) Cayman’s Share of World Hedge Funds Shrinks, Particularly For New Funds (April 2016) Read more »
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Recent data releases from Eurekahedge show the increasing significance of onshore hedge funds, and the consequent relative decline of hedge funds registered offshore. Year by year Cayman Islands registered hedge funds took less share of the domiciles of funds launched. This trend accelerated post 2008 to the extent that […] Read more »
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 »