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In the week ending May 17th 2019, a report by BarclayHedge said that hedge funds extended their run of positive returns to four straight months in April following a five-month string of aggregate declines closing out 2018, and returning 1.21% for the month. That compared with the S&P 500 Total Return Index rising 2.85% in April. For the-year-to date through the end of April hedge funds returned 6.86% while the S&P was up 19.32%. EVestment said hedge funds gained an average of +1.26% in April.

In the meantime, HFRI said that with all round gains across all main strategies led by Event-Driven and Macro in April, Hedge funds extended gains from the strongest 1Q since 2006.

Managed futures posted another positive month in April with a 0.85% return according to the Barclay CTA Index; The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index returned 0.98 per cent in April, outperforming the 0.66 per ce......................

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