A seven-month winning streak for hedge funds came to an end in October on the back of broader negative price moves, according to the latest figures released by GAM. Both global equities and global fixed income markets were negative for
All six of MV Index Solutions’ (MVIS) investable long/short equity indices recorded negative performance in October. The MVIS Western Europe Long/Short Equity Index was the month’s biggest loser, down 2.60 per cent. This was followed by the MVIS Emerging
Hedge fund data provider HFR is at an advanced stage of working with one of the large global derivatives exchanges to develop a new investment product, the HFRI-I futures contract, a contract based on the HFRI-I Fund Weighted Composite Investable
Managed futures traders lost 0.40 per cent in September, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index is up 0.10 per cent year to date. “The US Fed, in spite of its hawkish tone, opted to
Hedge funds gained 0.81 per cent in September, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year to date, the index is up 4.26 per cent. All but one of Barclay’s 17 hedge fund indices gained ground
After a solid recovery over the last two months, the UCITS HFS Index, which tracks UCITS funds using hedge fund strategies, came to a halt in September with a flat performance for the month. The broad index started positively into
Five of IndexIQ’s six IQ Hedge indices were positive in September, led by the IQ Merger Arbitrage Index, up 1.18 per cent, and the IQ Hedge Global Macro Index, which climbed 0.86 per cent. IQ Hedge Market Neutral posted the
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.11 per cent in September, down on the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index’s 0.55 per cent return. The Wilshire Liquid
Hedge funds were up 0.5 per cent during September, outperforming underlying markets as represented by the MSCI AC World Index (Local) which gained 0.19 per cent over the same period. Close to 63 per cent of underlying constituent funds for
Hedge funds continued their run of positive monthly gains in September, with the HFRX Global Hedge Fund index up 0.6 per cent, extending overall gains in the third quarter to 2.2 per cent. The top-performing strategy for the month was
