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US Manager Universe Statistics: Second Quarter 2018

This chart book presents representative long-only and hedge fund manager performance for second quarter 2018. The median US Small-Cap Growth manager posted the highest median return for both second quarter 2018 (8.7%) and the one-year period ending June 30, 2018 (25.4%). The median Emerging and Frontier Markets Equity manager posted the lowest median return for second quarter 2018, returning -8.6%, and the median Emerging Markets Debt manager suffered the worst performance for the one-year period ending June 30, 2018 (-1.6%).

US Manager Universe Statistics: First Quarter 2018

This chart book presents representative long-only and hedge fund manager performance for first quarter 2018. The median Global ex US Bonds manager posted the highest median return for first quarter 2018, returning 3.5%. Global ex US Small-Cap Equity managers posted the best returns for the one-year period ending March 31, 2018, with a median return of 26.4%. The median US REITs manager posted the lowest median return for both first quarter 2018 (-6.5%) and for the one-year period ending March 31, 2018 (-1.1%).

US PE / VC Benchmark Commentary: Third Quarter 2017

In third quarter 2017, the Cambridge Associates LLC US Private Equity Index® returned 3.9%, matching or beating the previous two quarters to bring its year-to-date return to 11.7%. The Cambridge Associates LLC US Venture Capital Index® returned 3.2% for third quarter, an increase from a weak second quarter; the venture index’s year-to-date performance was 8.1%.

US Mid- to Large-Cap Equity Manager Performance: 2017

Despite strong overall returns, active managers continued their now four-year streak of underperformance against the index, with 54.4% underperforming (gross of fees) in 2017. For the year, the median US mid- to large-cap manager underperformed the Russell 1000® Index by 70 basis points. This chart book is our annual summary of the absolute and relative performance of managers that report to our database.