Tue, May 21, 2013
A A A
Welcome Guest
Free Trial RSS
New! Family Office and Investor Database with 11,750 contacts
Industry Updates

UCITS Alternative Index Global is down -1.81% in August ( -2.55% YTD)

Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Opalesque Industry Update - Following a dreadful month on the markets, the UCITS Alternative Index Global is down in August (-1.81%) bringing its year to date performance to -2.55%. The Fund of Funds Index is down -2.14% reaching -3.27% this year. Except for the Commodities Index, all strategies are down this month. Emerging Markets is by far the worst performing strategy, down -4.71%. The Long/Short Equity Index is down -2.83%, with several of its constituent funds down more than 10% this month. On year to date, all strategies are now negative except for Commodities, which is up 4.28%. The Emerging Markets Index is the worst performing one with -5.38% YTD, followed by the Long/Short Equity Index with -3.89% YTD.

In terms of AUM, the UCITS hedge fund space witnessed a decline of -2.96% in August. The largest drop is observed for the Event-Driven and FX funds, with respectively -11.82% and -6.68% in AUM. At the same time and despite the difficult market environment, Commodities and Emerging Markets funds record an increase of AUM, respectively +3.51% and +1.30%. Funds of Funds continue to attract assets with a progression of 4.79% in August...Full performance table: Source

press release

km

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 Banner More Exclusives
Previous Opalesque Exclusives                                  
More Other Voices
Previous Other Voices                                               
Access Alternative Market Briefing
  • Top Forwarded
  • Top Tracked
  • Top Searched
  1. Goldman offers hedge funds to the 99%[more]

    From TheStreet.com: Goldman Sachs said Thursday it is bringing the sophisticated trading strategies of Wall Street hedge funds to individual investors with investment portfolio's and retirement accounts as small as $1000. The bank's investment management unit, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, i

  2. Opalesque Exclusive: New research examines quantitative trend following as an equity risk hedge[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: New research from Nigol Koulajian founder and CIO, and Paul Czkwianianc, Head of Research at Quest Partners, a New York-based systematic fund, looks at how quantitative trend following could be used

  3. People – Jupiter switches lead manager on alternative UCITS fund, Dr. Dermot F Smurfit appointed as Chairman of the ML Capital Group[more]

    Jupiter switches lead manager on alternative UCITS fund From Citywire.co.uk: Jupiter has named Mike Buhl-Nielsen as lead manager on its Europe-focused long/short equity fund, the asset management company has announced… Full article:

  4. Launches – Blackstone preparing launch of ‘super’ hedge fund, Paulson said to team with insurer for new low-tax merger fund[more]

    Blackstone preparing launch of ‘super’ hedge fund From FT.com: Blackstone is preparing to launch a “super” hedge fund to cherry-pick the best trades from the hundreds of third-party hedge funds it invests with, in an effort to try to recapture the outsize returns the $2tn industry was on

  5. Product innovation - a case study: • Interaction between the public entity /sector and representatives from the private sector • Focus on achieving and tracking complimentary goals • Galvanising synergies through a process • Identity and responsibilities of each partner/entity stays intact • The joint effort is formalised via a lega
Click here for More about Opalesque Tracking
- A new, unique Premium Service -
  1. Penrich
  2. MS
  3. MGH
  4. NZARA
  5. 36 South
  1. Ucits
  2. managed account
  3. hedge funds
  4. global macro
  5. bridgewater