Bloomberg – Brazilian hedge funds lured about 8.2 billion reais ($4.52 billion) in July, the biggest monthly inflow this year, as a rebounding economy and record low interest rates increased demand for stocks and other higher- yielding assets.
The investment helped the funds recoup their 2009 losses, according to data through July 30 released by the National Association of Investment Banks. Hedge funds, known as multimercados, received 3.5 billion reais this year through July 30 as the industry began to lure back some of the record 54.6 billion reais of redemptions in 2008, according to the agency.