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eVestment: Hedge fund assets rise 1.6%
Friday, September 19, 2014

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:

Total assets in hedge funds increased 1.6% in August to $3.068 trillion, overtaking the all-time peak level set prior to July’s slight decline, according to eVestment's latest hedge fund asset flow data. August’s asset increase of $49.6 billion came primarily from performance gains, but investors added an estimated $12.6 billion into hedge funds during the month.

For the year, investors have added $114.7 billion of new capital to the industry.

Demand for hedge funds may be coming in part from massive liquidations of institutional holdings of US equity strategies. Institutional i......................

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