Hedge funds gained 0.42 per cent in August according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge, versus a 3.26 per cent increase in the S&P 500 Total Return Index.     Year to date, the Barclay Hedge Fund

Overall industry hedge fund performance came in at +0.04 per cent in August, bringing year to date (YTD) 2018 industry performance to +1.10 per cent, according to data released by eVestment. Among primary strategies, event driven-activist funds were among the

In the hedge fund space in August, CTAs outperformed and delivered positive returns in the range of 2-3 per cent depending on the benchmark, according to Lyxor’s latest Hedge Fund Brief. Their long exposures to bonds and equities were both

Hedge funds are up 0.45 per cent for the year, their weakest performance on record since 2011 when they declined 0.40 per cent in the eight months through to August, according to the September 2018 Eurekahedge Report. Almost 46 per

Outflows from the hedge fund industry slowed substantially in July amid mixed signals on trade and the global economy, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator. Hedge fund industry assets rose to an all-time high of USD3.1 trillion in July.

Global hedge fund asset flows were just slightly positive in August 2018, with USD4.74 billion added to the USD3.3 trillion-plus industry, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Industry’s Asset Flows Report. Year to date (YTD) net flows to the industry

Many Alternative UCITS funds did not have a happy 2018, with only one in six funds able to post positive results for the year, and assets under management in the total space declined with slightly less than 8 per cent.

Hedge fund performance was slightly negative last week (19-26 March) on the back of underperformance from L/S Equity and Global Macro strategies (circa -0.5 per cent), but most strategies are still in positive territory month to date, according to the