Risk.net – Institutional investors may start pulling back from emerging market-focused hedge funds as performance figures in July show a mixed story for the sector as a whole. Flows have slowed significantly
Turmoil in emerging market currency markets is reflected in hedge fund performance figures. The latest data from eVestment shows a mixed reaction to the tightening of monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve, widely seen as the catalyst for recent foreign currency volatility that is almost a complete reversal of the effect of a few years ago when the Fed and others embarked on quantitative easing.
