By Credit Suisse Capital Services Group and Hedge Fund Insight staff Credit Suisse today announced the results of its mid-year Hedge Fund Investor Sentiment Survey, which polled over 200 global institutional investors representing almost USD 700 billion in hedge fund investments. Participants were surveyed on their hedge fund activities during the first half of the […] Read more »
Asset Flows in 2016 – Multi-Strategy and Macro/CTAs Seen As Beneficiaries
By Peter Laurelli, Head of Research at eVestment Executive Summary of eVestment’s 2016 Hedge Fund Industry Outlook The Outlook highlights data-driven predictions of hedge fund trends for the upcoming year. The hedge fund industry continues to face dominant short-term and long-term influences. There is consistent evidence to suggest returns influence fund specific flows in […] Read more »
Activist Hedge Funds Infogram
From Hedge Fund Insight staff related articles: Activists Post Best Month In Two Years (Mar 2015) Legal Developments in Activist Investing (Sep 2014) A Lone Star Activist – An interview with Jeff Eberwein of Lone Star Value Management (Mar 2014) Read more »
Equity Hedge Flows Turn Negative After Dominating Rest Of Industry
By Hedge Fund Insight staff From January 2013 to July 2014 equity hedge funds was the only strategy group to receive net inflows each month, according to the data tracked by Eurekahedge. In that period the flows into fixed income hedge funds were very nearly as consistently positive, but the scale of net subscriptions was […] Read more »
US Liquid Alternatives Had Good Flows in 2014, Unlike High Yield Funds
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Liquid alternatives had a good year for inflows in 2014. The largest part of the flows were in the American liquid alternatives funds – mutual funds (’40 Act Funds), though net sales were also positive for UCITS hedge funds. Morningstar data shows (active) liquid alternatives totaled $156bn by year-end […] Read more »
2015 Hedge Fund Industry Outlook from eVestment – Flow Forecasts
From eVestment LLC eVestment’s 2015 Hedge Fund Industry Outlook predictions of hedge fund trends for the upcoming year include: Barring a large and unexpected global or financial event, hedge funds are positioned for another year of solid growth as institutional investors seek to gain alternative exposures to traditional equity and fixed income markets. […] Read more »