State Street’s Global Exchange SM Private Equity Index closed the third quarter of 2017 with a positive return of 3.85%, with buyout funds notching their seventh consecutive quarterly gain and leading private equity strategies.
Hedge funds gained again last week as CTAs outperformed and equity weightings were increased, according to the latest edition of Lyxor Asset Management’s Weekly Brief.
Hedge fund redemptions dropped sharply in January after accelerating in December, according to new data from fund administrator SS&C GlobeOp, marking the twelfth straight month of year-over-year improvements in the measure.
80% of North American buy-side firms look to system consolidation as their top strategy for reducing operational costs, according to a new report from InvestOps USA.
Hedge funds posted mild losses last week as global macro funds suffered from the turn in the dollar, according to Lyxor Asset Management’s most recent Weekly Brief.
Hedge funds booked their 14th consecutive monthly gain in December, according to data from eVestment, the first time since 1999 that the industry has notched positive aggregate returns in all twelve months of a calendar year.
A positive December closed out a strong year of returns for hedge funds, according to Hedge Fund Research, as passage of U.S. tax reforms added to a generally risk-on environment heading into year-end. The company's widely followed HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index returned +0.73% for the month and +6.0% for the year - its best yearly performance since 2013.
Liquid alternatives continued to broadly outperform their hedge fund brethren in November, according to new data from Wilshire Associates, driven primarily by long-biased equity strategies.
Hedge fund performance slipped in November after several consecutive months of positive returns, according to new data from SS&C GlobeOp, while net asset flows also took a breather.
Hedge fund industry index provider Hedge Fund Research has debuted two new benchmarks aimed at capturing the performance of hedge funds exposed to the exploding blockchain and cryptocurrency markets. The new measures, named the HFR Blockchain Composite Index and the HFR Cryptocurrency Index, are the first family of indices designed to capture performance of hedge funds investing in this rapidly evolving space.