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Opalesque Roundup: Continued institutional demand ensures billions of hedge fund inflows also in 2016: hedge fund news, week 01

Saturday, January 09, 2016

In the week ending 08 January, 2016, the outlook of eVestment showed that the hedge fund industry is, barring the occurrence of an outlier event, in a decent position for another year of growth. Hedge funds are seen to attract between $50 billion and $60 billion in new assets in 2016, with institutional investors as big driver. The firm also estimated a net $66.6 billion of assets inflow for the industry in 2015 to the end of November, compared to $111.4 billion for the same period in 2014.

Agecroft Partners released its top 10 hedge fund industry trends for 2016; Crispin Odey warned of a series of threats to the global economy that will make this year more difficult for investors; Matthew Glaser believes that liquid alternatives are the next wave in asset allocation; Byron R. Wien has predicted that a weak U.S. economy, global instability, yuan devaluation and a Clinton victory, among others, will hug 2016 headlines; Russell Investments has released its 2016 Annual Global Market Outlook report, detailing key investment insights, economic forecasts and market expectations from the firm’s global team of investment strategists; and George Soros is predicting a crisis in the global markets similar to 2008.

Scott Bessent has raised $4.5 billion to launch new hedge fund firm; Blackstone Group is planning to bring its multi-manager hedge fund platform Senfina Advisors to Britain; Odey Asset has launched its first hedge fund in over two years to be managed by James Hanbury; L&J Capital Management is launching the Galini Market Neutral Fund on Fe......................

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