{"id":47144,"date":"2015-03-26T07:27:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T11:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=47144"},"modified":"2015-03-26T08:00:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T12:00:32","slug":"new-hedge-fund-have-best-year-since-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/03\/2015\/new-hedge-fund-have-best-year-since-2004.html","title":{"rendered":"Newly Launched Hedge Funds Have Best Year Since 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Screenshot<\/a>New York (HedgeCo.Net) – New hedge funds in the US netted over $34 billion in last year\u2019s explosive launch environment, posting the best fundraising total in a decade, Absolute Return research shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The largest was the Two Sigma Absolute Return Macro Master Fund from leading quantitative investor Two Sigma. The vehicle raised a whopping $3.3 billion as of January 1.<\/p>\n

In total, 84 managers raised $34.11 billion, compared to the $20.77 billion total one year earlier. 2014\u2019s total was close to the peak for new launches in 2004 when 81 new funds raised $39.5 billion.<\/p>\n

The top 12 launches each raised a billion or more, accounting for more than $20 billion \u2013 or nearly 60% – of total assets raised.<\/p>\n

eVestment reports that\u00a0hedge fund assets increased 2.02% in February of 2015 bringing the industry\u2019s total asset under management to $3.082 trillion. Investors added an estimated $13.0 billion of new capital to the industry in February and performance gains increased AUM an additional $48.1 billion.<\/p>\n

Event driven funds also saw new money come in during February, with estimated inflows of $2.6 billion during the month. Interest in funds that employ activist approaches appears to be strong so far in 2015. This subset of event driven funds accounted for nearly all of the broad strategy\u2019s reported inflows in February.<\/p>\n

The top five launches can be found below:\"Screenshot<\/a><\/p>\n

Alex Akesson
\nEditor for HedgeCo.net<\/a>
\nalex@hedgeco.net<\/a>
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