{"id":35350,"date":"2013-05-08T07:40:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T11:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=35350"},"modified":"2013-05-08T07:58:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T11:58:26","slug":"hedge-funds-up-4-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/05\/2013\/hedge-funds-up-4-globally.html","title":{"rendered":"Hedge Funds Up 4% Globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1368012944142_2211\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/technology-and-human-communication.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24571 alignright\" alt=\"global\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/technology-and-human-communication-228x300.jpg\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/technology-and-human-communication-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/technology-and-human-communication.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Hedge funds posted positive returns in April as most markets trended upwards during the month according to the\u00a0Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index which<i>\u00a0<\/i>was up 1.09% during the month, while the MSCI World Index gained 2.02% in April.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1368012944142_2222\"><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1368012944142_2221\">Key highlights for April 2013:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1368012944142_2225\" type=\"disc\">\n<li id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1368012944142_2224\">Japanese hedge funds witnessed strongest April and 4-months on record returns, gaining 4.22% and 15.87% respectively<\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1368012944142_2257\">The Eurekahedge Billion Dollar Hedge Fund Index is up 4.01% April YTD with total assets standing at US$253 billion<\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1368012944142_2259\">Asia ex-Japan hedge funds outperformed underlying markets for second consecutive month<\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1368012944142_2261\">Eurekahedge is currently tracking more than 250 funds that have delivered over 15% year-to-date<\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1368012944142_2263\">Distressed debt funds extend their winning streak to 10 months, gaining 23% since July 2012<\/li>\n<li>The asset-weighted Mizuho-Eurekahedge Asia Pacific Index was up 6.89% in April YTD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\"><em>EurekaHedge reports:<\/em> \u00a0&#8220;All strategic mandates finished the month with positive returns, with event driven and distressed debt managers posting the strongest gains.\u00a0Among other strategies, long\/short equity managers continued to deliver profits for the 10th consecutive month with gains of 1.01% in March. The mid-month volatility and divergent trends in global indices were helpful for relative value managers who posted returns of 1.04%. CTA\/managed futures funds also posted positive returns of 0.45% with some managers reporting gains from the energy sector.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alex Akesson<br \/>\nEditor for\u00a0<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>\u00a0is a premier\u00a0<a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">hedge fund database<\/a>\u00a0and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">HedgeCo.net<\/a>\u00a0is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for\u00a0<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Hedge funds posted positive returns in April as most markets trended upwards during the month according to the\u00a0Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index which\u00a0was up 1.09% during the month, while the MSCI World Index gained 2.02% in April. 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