US Manager Universe Statistics: Second Quarter 2016
This chart book presents representative marketable and hedge fund manager performance for second quarter 2016.
Hedge Funds
Hedge Fund Update: Second Quarter 2016
The second quarter update examines investment landscape before and after the Brexit vote, and the effects of particular pockets of volatility.
Hedge Fund-ing the Pension Deficit
Select hedge funds have provided attractive long-term returns with reduced equity beta and can be integral to pension investment strategies.
US Manager Universe Statistics: First Quarter 2016
This chart book presents representative marketable and hedge fund manager performance for first quarter 2016.
Hedge Fund Update: First Quarter 2016
The first quarter update examines the switch in the performance of value- and growth-oriented managers and reviews the changes over the quarter that contributed to better performance from uncorrelated and systematic macro strategies.
Tough Sailing for Event-Driven Strategies
Event-driven strategies have struggled since mid-2014, but the headwinds recently plaguing them could become less forceful in the months ahead.
US Manager Universe Statistics: Fourth Quarter and Calendar Year 2015
This chart book presents representative marketable and hedge fund manager performance for fourth quarter 2015. The median US REIT manager again posted the highest median quarterly return, 7.7% for fourth quarter 2015. The lowest median returns for the quarter (-1.4%) were posted by the median High-Yield Bonds manager and the median Credit Opportunities manager.
Hedge Fund Update: Fourth Quarter 2015
This quarter’s publication reviews three of the crosscurrents that swept the hedge fund investment landscape in fourth quarter and then delves more deeply into the event-driven space, examining some of the causes of recent poor performance in this area and the prospects going forward.
US Manager Universe Statistics: Third Quarter 2015
This chart book presents representative marketable and hedge fund manager performance for third quarter 2015.
Hedge Fund Update: Third Quarter 2015
Volatility further increased in the third quarter, with a number of notable “events.” First, the People’s Bank of China devalued the Chinese yuan (RMB, CNY) by almost 2% in early August. Ostensibly one step on the path to a designation of special drawing rights by the International Monetary Fund, it was, in fact, a response…