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Florian Guldner, Opalesque Research:

'Alternatives Alternatives' investment funds had another negative month in May, according to a first estimation based on 697 single- and multi-manager funds currently listed in 24 categories in the Opalesque Solutions A SQUARE Fund Database (Source).

The Opalesque A SQUARE Index lost* 0.9% in May, reducing its year-to-date performance to +0.9%. Estimates for April and March were corrected to -0.4% and -1.51%. The A SQUARE Funds of Funds Index lost 1.2% and is down 0.16% for the year.

• May's losses were driven by funds investing in energy (-7.97%), environmental strategies (-7.55%) and infrastructure funds (-7.39%).
• Top performers were commodity funds (+1.26%), followed by forex (+0.95), trade finance (+0.74) and equity derivatives strategies (+0.64%).
• On a year-to-date basis, the ranking is led by real estate (+6.25%) and infrastructure funds (+5.43%), while the biggest losses were realized by energy (-7.09%) and base & precious metals funds (-6.31%).

A SQUARE database weighting by asset classes

Over the last twelve months, the A SQUARE Index had 8 negative and 5 positive months and a compounded loss of 6.73%. The A SQUARE Funds of Funds Index performed better, with a loss of 4.80%.

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