The hedge fund industry pulled in net inflows worth $2.3bn during March, less than the $6.8bn figure for February but still only the fourth monthly inflow since July last year, according to new data released by TrimTabs and BarclayHedge today.
Equity markets posted declines in April as investors focused on renewed concerns related to European sovereign debt crisis, upcoming European elections and mixed data on the strength of the global economic recovery.
Single-manager hedge funds with greater than USD1 billion under management account for a mere 3.9% of reporting funds, but they control about 60% of the total single-manager hedge fund assets, according to a study conducted by PerTrac.
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Hedge funds starting up during the first quarter appear to have enjoyed more success raising day one assets than those launching last year, with big-name launches including Stone Milliner and Encompass Capital getting underway with strong investor backing.
MandateWire reports: The CHF300m (GBP205m) Personalvorsorgestiftung Visana has halved its alternatives allocation to 2% of total assets.
Hedge fund managers pocketed 28.1 percent of profits generated by their funds over the past 18 years, new research from London’s Imperial College found.
European hedge funds just lost another friend, and this one was a big surprise to the industry.
Investor demands to pull money out of hedge funds fell in April, data shows, in a sign that renewed volatility in financial markets may not be piling fresh pressure on more clients to quit the sector.
Japanese pension funds plan to boost investments in alternative assets even after the fallout of AIJ Investment Advisors Co., which allegedly lost pension clients’ money, a survey by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) showed.
Total investor capital allocated to hedge funds in Q1 2012 exceeded $16 billion, according to the latest HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report, released today by HFR (Hedge Fund Research, Inc.), the global leader in the indexation, analysis and aggregation of the global hedge fund industry.