Following difficult conditions for CTAs for most of this year, October has seen significant improvement as all of Societe Generale’s CTA indices returned positive performance. Trend following strategies performed the best as the SG Trend Index was up 5.55 per
Hedge funds posted strong, broad-based gains in June, with multiple and varied drivers of performance leading advances across a wide range of strategies. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained +2.6 per cent for the month, the strongest month since
Five of IndexIQ’s six IndexIQ Hedge Indices recorded a strong performance in December, led by a rise of 1.72 per cent in the IQ hedge Long/Short Index, as markets rallied heading into the end of the year. The lone decliner
The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark posted returns of 7.40 per cent in 2016, marking the best performance year for the industry since 2013 and more than tripling the 2.03 per cent gain made through 2015. Despite a volatile start
Managed futures posted another positive month in April with a 0.85 per cent return according to the Barclay CTA Index, compiled by BarclayHedge. Nine of BarclayHedge’s 10 CTA indices had gains in April. Year to date, the Barclay CTA Index has
Managed futures traders gained 0.35 per cent in December, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Overall, the index lost 1.03 per cent in 2016. Seven of Barclay’s eight CTA indices gained ground in December. The Barclay
After a strong first quarter of the year, most alternative UCITS funds continued to edge higher in April with the LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index posting a gain of 0.58 per cent bringing year-to-date results for the average fund up
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for January 2017 measured 2.60 per cent, down from 5.67 per cent in December. "SS&C GlobeOp's Forward Redemption Indicator for January 2017 was 2.60 per cent, up from 2.31 per cent reported a year
Total volume traded on Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) year to date in 2017 has exceeded the total volume of all contracts traded on CFE in 2016. Total volume traded on CFE in all of 2016 was 60.2 million contracts, total
Hedge funds have experienced a quiet start to the year with the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index flat year to date, and the trends observed in Q4 of last year continuing to prevail in early 2017, according to Lyxor’s latest Weekly
