{"id":14999,"date":"2010-04-09T07:57:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T11:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=14999"},"modified":"2010-04-09T07:57:27","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T11:57:27","slug":"eurekahedge-hedge-funds-up-2-54-in-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/04\/2010\/eurekahedge-hedge-funds-up-2-54-in-march-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"Eurekahedge: Hedge funds up 2.54% in March 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; After a slow start to  the year, hedge funds showed their strength in March, witnessing robust  positive results across all regions and strategies. The composite  Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index advanced 2.54 amid significant movements in most underlying asset classes, bringing  the YTD figure to 2.16%. The MSCI World Index increased 5.93% in March  and was up 2.74% YTD.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1988_res3_march1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1988_res3_march1-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1988_res3_march1-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1988_res3_march1.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Initial reports  indicate  positive net asset flows for March<sup><a name=\"_ftnref2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekahedge.com\/indices\/index_press_release.asp#_ftn2\"><\/a><\/sup> and  US$16 billion net inflows for February.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Distressed debt  hedge funds climbed 7.35% YTD with 12 months of consecutive positive  returns,  gaining 49.08% over this period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>All regional and  strategic indices reported  positive returns both for March and for the  year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All strategic indices were  positive for March, with riskier assets  delivering the best returns. Net long  exposures to equity markets were  profitable, with the S&amp;P 500 returning  5.9% while the FTSE and DAX  were up 6.1% and 93.9%, respectively. The  Eurekahedge Long\/Short  Equities Hedge Fund Index gained 3.04% in the month.<\/p>\n<p>Distressed debt managers   were the best performers in March as they continued their winning  streak to 12  straight months by gaining 49.08% on average over this  time period. The  Eurekahedge Distressed Debt Hedge Fund Index was up  4.27% in March, bringing  the YTD figure to 7.35%. Managers employing  this strategy have delivered  exceptional performance recently,  profiting from the continuing rally in the  sector \u2013 the Merrill Lynch  High Yield Index was up 4.99% YTD.<\/p>\n<p>Editing by Alex Akesson<br \/>\nFor <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; After a slow start to the year, hedge funds showed their strength in March, witnessing robust positive results across all regions and strategies. The composite Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index advanced 2.54 amid significant movements in most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15003,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14999\/revisions\/15003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}