| Hedge funds posted positive results last March to conclude a strong first quarter, with performance driven by strong macro trends in currency and commodity markets, complemented by broad-based gains and positioning in event driven, equity hedge and fixed income-based relative value arbitrage strategies, data provider Hedge Fund Research said.
The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained 0.5% in March and 2.4% in Q1, completing the strongest quarter of outperformance relative to S&P 500 since the third quarter in 2011. "Hedge funds posted the highest quarterly performance since 2013 in Q1, navigating dislocations in currency and commodity markets, benefitting specifically from trend following macro exposures as financial markets discounted the end to U.S. quantitative easing, as well as the inception of ECB stimulus measures," stated Kenneth J. Heinz, president of HFR...............................................Full Article: Source
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