Bloomberg – Hedge funds investing in India have become the world’s best performers this year on expectations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will revive Asia’s third-largest economy.
The funds investing in the South Asian nation have returned 26 percent this year through July, according to Eurekahedge Pte. That compares with an average 3.5 percent gain for those investing in Asia, 1.9 percent forGreater China, 1.2 percent for Japan, 3.8 percent for North America and 1.1 percent for Europe, the Singapore-based data provider said.