{"id":28075,"date":"2012-03-20T11:46:08","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T15:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=28075"},"modified":"2012-03-20T11:53:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T15:53:39","slug":"march-2012-eurekahedge-report-hedge-funds-up-by-more-than-40-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/03\/2012\/march-2012-eurekahedge-report-hedge-funds-up-by-more-than-40-billion.html","title":{"rendered":"March 2012 Eurekahedge Report: Hedge Funds up by more than $40 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 2.05% in February as optimism about the European debt situation and strengthening global economy fuelled rallies in the underlying markets. The MSCI World Index increased 4.55% as investor sentiment remained positive for the second month running.<\/p>\n

The first two months of 2012 marked the strongest start to a year in the last 12 years, with the Eurekahedge Hedge Funds Index up 4.35% February year-to-date (YTD). The sector has witnessed gains across the board as risk attitudes have sustained.<\/p>\n

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Key highlights for February 2012:<\/strong><\/p>\n

* All regional and strategic mandates report net gains for two consecutive months
\n* The asset weighted Mizuho-Eurekahedge Asia ex-Japan Hedge Fund Index was up 9.15%
\n* The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 4.31% for the first two months of 2012 as the industry enjoyed its strongest start to a year in the last 12 years
\n* Assets in macro and CTA\/managed futures hedge funds reached historical highs of US$133 billion and US$220 billion respectively
\n* Long\/short equity funds have gained 6.2% as at end-February
\n* Total assets under management increased by more than US$40 billion during the first two months
\n* Eastern Europe and Russia investing hedge funds saw a boost of nearly 12%
\n* UCITS hedge funds continued to witness strong launch activity and asset flows, with newly launched funds attracting over US$1 billion in January and February<\/p>\n

The size of the hedge fund industry stands at US$1.75 trillion as total assets under management (AuM) saw an increase of over US$11 billion. Most of this increase was attributed to performance as managers chalked up gains of US$11.2 billion from their portfolios. Net flows were flat to slightly positive for February, standing at US$300 million, as portfolio rebalancing among investors continued. Revised figures for January show that managers attracted US$12 billion during the month and with investor sentiment turning positive once again, the industry is expected to attract significant allocations in the days ahead.<\/p>\n

Editing by Alex Akesson
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New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 2.05% in February as optimism about the European debt situation and strengthening global economy fuelled rallies in the underlying markets. The MSCI World Index increased 4.55% as investor sentiment remained […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[919,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedge-fund-research","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28075","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=28075"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28078,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28075\/revisions\/28078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}