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Equities strategies dominated hedge fund industry asset flows in 2017

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:

Net flows into the hedge fund industry in 2017 ended at $30.13 billion, according to eVestment's newly released year-end Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. The industry also saw the lightest level of redemptions in December since 2010, unloading $8.35 billion.

Equity strategies dominated industry flows in 2017, with investors aggressively allocating to the cohort. Equities funds saw $30 billion of inflows over 2017, the highest since the end of the financial crisis. However, historically this has been a bad sign for equities markets. Every year equities hit peak asset flows they underp......................

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