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Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

Asia-focused and domiciled hedge funds reported the strongest gains in the industry last year as the overall hedge funds space experienced a positive aggregate return of +8.83%, according to the eVestment December 2017 Hedge Fund Performance Report.

The report highlights December and year-end-2017 hedge fund industry results globally and across strategies and geographies based on data eVestment collects from hedge fund managers across the globe.

eVestment said in the report, "From a larger region-of-investment perspective, Asia outperformed the rest of the world in hedge fund returns, with Asia-focused hedge funds overall returning +21.47% in 2017. Africa/Middle-East-focused funds came in second from a regional perspective, returning +16.42% in 2017. North-America-focused and developed-Europe-focused funds both returned almost +8.4%."

Funds focused on investing in India returned +35.01% for the year, compared to +4.53% in 2016 and +3.87% in 2015. Over the past six years, India-focused funds have produced an average annual return of more than +17%.

Funds focused on investing in China came in a close second for the year, returning +34.82% in 2017, up strongly from the negative performance of -5.39% in 2016 and the +9.49% China-focused hedge funds returned in 2015.

For funds domiciled in Asia, there was a similar strong re......................

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