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Hedge Fund Briefs: Hedge funds display resilience during latest market sell off

October 16, 2015 at 1:35 pm

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For the full month of September, the MSCI World was down almost 4 per cent, following a near 7 per cent fall in August, i.e. a cumulated loss over 10 per cent in August and September.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6c

For the full month of September, the MSCI World was down almost 4 per cent, following a near 7 per cent fall in August, i.e. a cumulated loss over 10 per cent in August and September. In this risk off environment, 10y Treasury yields fell to around 2 per cent by the end of September and equity volatility spiked. But, says Philippe Ferreira, hedge funds have shown resilience during this volatile period…