Wed, Jun 19, 2013
A A A
Welcome Guest
Free Trial RSS
New! Family Office and Investor Database with 11,750 contacts
Industry Updates

Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index -1.36% in June

Friday, July 15, 2011
Opalesque Industry Update - Despite negative markets in June, hedge funds were able to attract new assets, with an estimated $5.6 billion flowing into the space during the month.

Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index Co., LLC, said, "The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index fell 1.36% in June, with eight out of ten sectors posting negative performance for the month. Managed Futures continued to experience trading losses, falling -3.07%. Conversely, the Dedicated Short Bias strategy, which includes funds aiming to capitalize on deteriorating stock prices, was the best performing sector for the month, finishing up 1.57%." Schupp continued, "Despite overall negative performance, the industry continued to see inflows with an estimated $5.6 billion in assets entering the space in June. New inflows now total $33.3 billion year-to-date. We currently estimate overall industry assets have fallen to $1.81 trillion."

Full performance table here: Source

kb

Article link

What do you think?
   Use "anonymous" as my name    |   Alert me via email on new comments   |   
Banner
Today's Exclusives Today's Other Voices More Exclusives
Previous Opalesque Exclusives                                  
More Other Voices
Previous Other Voices                                               
Access Alternative Market Briefing
  • Top Forwarded
  • Top Tracked
  • Top Searched
  1. SWF Institute rankings: total sovereign wealth funds' assets amount to $5,473bn[more]

    Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: - According to the SWF Institute's latest Sovereign Wealth Fund Rankings, the total amount of sovereign wealth funds' asset under management is now $5,473bn, to which oil and gas relate

  2. A bad week for Japan[more]

    Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva: - The Japanese stock market got inflated by 80% in six months following Shinzo Abe’s appointment as Prime Minister in December 2012. Indeed, Abe almost immediately launched monetary policy, fiscal policy and economic growth strategies (two points of a three-poin

  3. Mariner’s incubation platform takes on new volatility arbitrage fund[more]

    Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:- Mariner Investment Group, a $10bn alternative asset manager headquartered in New York which launched an

  4. Are we rotating yet? If we do, will it matter?[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Market participants have long been looking for the "great rotation," out of fixed income, which has been in the works for several months according to some forecasters. Yet, inflows to both fixed income and equities have largely remained unchanged in any real way.

  5. An oil sands index: It also provides institutional and retail investors with a benchmark that tracks the growth of one of the largest reserves of oil in the world, and gives hedge funds and index traders the opportunity and ability to actively trade the industry and apply arbitrage strategies.
Click here for More about Opalesque Tracking
- A new, unique Premium Service -
  1. blackstone
  2. One William Street
  3. Securis
  4. Haymarket
  5. Cantab
  1. managed account
  2. Ucits
  3. asia
  4. ubs
  5. Gold