Global hedge funds achieved both positive performance and net inflows in July, a month marked by a drop in equity markets.
While the MSCI World Index declined by 2.59%, Singapore-based data and research company Eurekahedge’s Hedge Fund Index registered performance of 0.44%.
Returns by region varied, Asia ex-Japan managers posting the best performance of 1.11% with long/short equity hedge funds accounting for the bulk of this. Although Australia, China and India, the largest Asia ex-Japan markets, posted declines in excess of 2%, gains were extracted through short exposures and value opportunities.
For the eighth month in a row, the global hedge fund industry’s assets under management (AuM) increased. Performance contributed $11.8bn (€8.2bn) and net flows added another $4.3bn, bringing the industry’s total AuM to $1.82trn.
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