Hedge funds see positive 2015 25 January 2016London Reporter: Stephanie Palmer
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Last year was a relatively good one for hedge funds, which finished 2015 with a return of 2.42 percent net of fees, according to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).
Hedge funds performed better than equities and bond, on an absolute and risk-adjusted basis, and 65.3 percent of those surveyed reported positive returns.
The report revealed that the best strategies were equity market neutral/quant, which saw returns increase by 10.44 percent, followed by long/short equity, up by 6.79 percent, and multi-strategy, up by 5.65 percent.
Jack Inglis, CEO of AIMA, said: 鈥淲hile 2015 will not be remembered as a vintage year for the industry, the majority of hedge funds still produced positive returns amid challenging market conditions, beating stocks and bonds on both an absolute and risk-adjusted basis and preserving capital for pension funds and other investors.鈥�
鈥淕iven that this period of market volatility is set to continue during 2016, we remain confident that hedge funds will continue to meet their investors鈥� expectations for competitive, diversified and low-volatility returns.鈥�
The data is based on returns reported to HedgeFund Intelligence, and included submissions from firms with assets under management totalling about $1.1 trillion.
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