{"id":23400,"date":"2011-07-08T07:33:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T11:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=23400"},"modified":"2011-07-08T07:55:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T11:55:54","slug":"global-composite-hedge-fund-index-lowest-since-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/07\/2011\/global-composite-hedge-fund-index-lowest-since-1998.html","title":{"rendered":"Global Composite Hedge Fund Index Lowest Since 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; June has been a difficult month for hedge funds all across the board, with most strategies suffering a loss, according to the latest performance data from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundintelligence.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">HedgeFund Intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hedge funds were down 1.27%1 in June, ending the second quarter with negative returns of 1.06%.\u00a0Most hedge fund strategies suffered a loss, with UCITS funds taking the worst hit. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefonder.nu\" target=\"_blank\">Swedish news<\/a> reported that the European Equity Nordic is down 1.10% this month and 0.12% YTD.<\/p>\n<p>However, hedge funds still outperformed the underlying markets, as the MSCI World Index declined by 1.88%2 during the month and was down 1.77% for 2Q 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/0cc09_increaseArrowUp1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23404\" title=\"Hedge funds down in April\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/0cc09_increaseArrowUp1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/0cc09_increaseArrowUp1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/0cc09_increaseArrowUp1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/0cc09_increaseArrowUp1.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/0cc09_increaseArrowUp1.jpg\"> <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/0cc09_increaseArrowUp1.jpg\"><\/a>Some highlights include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. hedge funds are down -0.90% for the month of June, with 1.79% YTD, according to AR magazine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>European hedge funds are down -1.17% for the month of June, levelling the YTD total at 0.01% according to EuroHedge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>UCITS hedge funds suffered loses both in July and YTD. -0.87% and -0.23%, respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Funds of Fund are down -0.62% and 0.39% YTD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Managed futures funds fell the most of the global composite indices, dropping 1.90%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With its 0.95% drop, this is the worst  June performance for the Global Composite since HedgeFund Intelligence began collecting performance data in 1998 (it&#8217;s the worst month overall for the Composite since May 2010, when the index fell 2.12%).\u00a0The Global Managed Futures Index was down 2.21% for the year, making this its worst first half since 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Akesson<br \/>\nEditor for <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. 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