New York (HedgeCo.Net) – CTA/managed futures strategies were the top gainer during October, gaining 0.26% and maintaining their lead over all other strategies with year-to-date returns of 6.30%.
Hedge funds posted their second consecutive month of negative returns in October with the Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index down 0.24% while the MSCI World Index finished the month up 1.15%.
- On a year-to-date basis, hedge funds are up 3.47%, falling behind underlying markets as the MSCI World Index returned 5.18% over the same period.
- Net asset flows into hedge funds for the year stand at US$56.9 billion despite investors redeeming a cumulative of US$18.9 billion in the last four months alone.
- China A-Share investing hedge funds posted their sixth consecutive month of positive returns and are up 9.90% October year-to-date.
- Event driven funds reported the largest loss out of all strategic mandates at 2.09% in October, their biggest loss in a month since 2011.
- On the whole, Asia ex-Japan was the best performing region, finishing the month up 0.55% – out of which India focused hedge funds gained 1.51% while Greater China funds were up 1.31%.
Eastern Europe and Russia investing funds were down 2.26% in October, and are down 13.59% year-to-date – the worst performer among all regional mandates.
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