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 »
Event Driven in May
By Hedge Fund Insight staff* Event Driven managers had a negative month in May despite the high level of deal activity and the positive contribution from special situations trading. A number of the larger deal spreads either broke (Astra-Zeneca/Pfizer was not an official deal break, but it had the same effect) or widened. This was […] Read more »
Positive Returns And Less Redemptions Stabilize AUM For Funds Of Hedge Funds
By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight The peak of the fund of hedge funds sector was in 2008 (by AUM and numbers of funds) and in aggregate the sector has shrunk ever since (by those two measures). The pace of change has varied but the direction hasn’t. In the first half of last […] Read more »
Lyxor Hedge Fund Index Commentary For April
From Lyxor Asset Management The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down -0.7% in April (YTD -0.1%). 6 out of 12 Lyxor Indices ended the month of April in positive territory, led by the Lyxor L/S Credit Arbitrage Index(+1%), the CTA Long Term Index (+1%) and the Lyxor Global Macro Index (+0.9%). Data published in […] Read more »
Special Situations Funds Ride The Wave Of M&A In February
From Lyxor Asset Management The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was up +1.9% in February, bringing year to date performance to +1.45%. 11 Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 12 ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor Special Situations Index (+3.48%), the Lyxor CTA Long Term Index (+3.4%) and the Lyxor L/S Equity […] Read more »
Why Have Institutions Stuck With Hedge Funds? Graphic Of The Day
From Preqin Hedge Fund Portfolio Performance Relative to Expectations of Institutional Investors, 2008 – 2013 Read more »
FRM Commentary On Long/Short Managers
From FRM Investment Management Despite January being a negative month for equity indices Equity Long-Short managers benefited from single stock dispersion to end the month roughly flat; European managers finished the month marginally positive, while the US was flat in aggregate. In Europe, managers suffered in the sharp sell offs, which were highly correlated and […] Read more »
Long Term CTAs Down Ugly As Short Term CTAs Hold On In January
From Lyxor Asset Management The global economy finished was down only -0.4% in January, outperforming the MSCI World down -3.8%. 8 Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 12 ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor Fixed Income Arbitrage Index (+1.74%), the Lyxor Merger Arbitrage Index (+0.92%) and the Lyxor L/S Equity Market Neutral […] Read more »
Lyxor AM Emphasises Special Sits Managers For 2014
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 »