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 »
Event Driven Round Up
From Lyxor Aset Management: The Event Driven space also produced solid results in October. Special Situation funds returned 1.1% (10% YTD). These funds are becoming like more traditional L/S equity managers. They maintained a net equity exposure at 44% and net credit exposure of 19%. Merger Arbitrage funds were up 1.4% but managers reduced risk, […] Read more »
September Market Background a Positive for Equity Hedge Managers
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Expectations of hedge fund returns should be tempered by market background – what suits one manager will not suit another. Equity hedge managers have had a very good year in the United States and Japan, and a decent year elsewhere. Equity hedge managers in developed markets have produced positive returns […] Read more »
Factoids on Funds of Hedge Funds
NOTES ON BUBBLES: 1. Net return gaps 330 bps (5-year), 210 bps (3-year), 160 bps (1-year). FoHFs offer lower volatility than single managers (lower standard deviation) and their correlation to broad indices on a 1-, 3- and 5-year basis is lower than single managers. 2. The traditional 1 & 10 fee model is no longer […] Read more »
Underperformance of Emerging Markets Assets to Continue
By Maarten-Jan Bakkum, Senior Emerging Markets Strategist at ING Investment Management Emerging markets have had a rough time recently. Over the past two and a half years, their economic performance has stayed behind that of developed markets. The debt crisis has led to meaningful change in the US and Europe. In the US, the banking […] Read more »
Hedge Fund Investments of US Endowments and Foundations – How did They Do That?
By Simon Kerr, Hedge Fund Insight The Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service® (Wilshire TUCS) tracks the performance and allocation of institutional assets in the United States of America and includes nearly 1,570 plans representing in excess of $2.75 trillion in assets. The full universe includes public pension plans, Taft-Hartley plans, master trusts and corporate […] Read more »
CTAs Confound Investors’ Timing of Allocations
By Simon Kerr, Hedge Fund Insight When I received a manager monthly letter today showing four positive months for 2013 it made me wonder is that the manager or the strategy? After such a long time waiting, you will understand my interest, as the manager is a CTA. The particular fund* has delivered a […] Read more »
Closure Rate of Funds of Hedge Funds Up
According to HFR, investors continued to withdraw capital from Fund of Hedge Funds, which experienced $4.4 billion in 3Q outflows, the 6th consecutive quarter of outflows. Total capital invested in Fund of Funds increased to $635 billion, as the HFRI Fund of Funds Composite Index gained +2.4 percent for the quarter. The HFRI Fund of Funds […] Read more »
CTA Resilience in May Reflected in Lyxor HF Indices
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index is in positive territory at the end of May in spite of a slightly negative performance of -0.55% during that month (+0.96% in 2012). 5 Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 14 ended the month in positive territory, led by Lyxor CTA Short Term (+5.35%), Lyxor CTA Long Term (+2.21%) and […] Read more »