Hedge funds are up 3.53% for the year, posting better performance compared to a modest 1.73% gain over the last year‘, says Eurekahedge.
The asset base for the industry contracted $10.4 billion (€9.9 billion) in 2016, on the back of steep redemption pressure with net outflows totalling $28.2 billion for the year.
European hedge funds have fared the worst among regional mandates witnessing their assets under management decline by $21.6 billion in 2016. Liquidations have also outpaced launches in the European hedge fund space consistently for the past seven quarters with 569 fund shutting down since 2015.
Outside of Europe, almost 13% of billion dollar hedge funds posted double-digit gains in 2016, compared to 8% in 2015. Among the sub-billion dollar hedge funds, almost 20% returned double-digit performance compared with 17% in 2015.
While billion dollar hedge funds have seen their asset base decline by $32.3 billion in 2016, their smaller peers, the sub-billion dollar funds have seen their combined assets grow by $21.9 billion.
Relative value mandated hedge funds posted the best growth in assets, expanding close to 20% for the year, with underlying relative value volatility hedge funds posting impressive gains of 7.18% in 2016.
CTA/managed futures mandated hedge funds have attracted $11.5 billion in capital this year despite mixed returns among its sub-strategies with commodity focused managers gaining 7.72% for the year, outperforming trend-following and FX-focused managers which declined 1.68% and 2.60% for the year respectively.
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