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Hedge funds lose momentum in January

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

The new decade started flat for hedge funds, with minimal growth. The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark returned +0.01% in January 2020.

This contrasts with the strong end to 2019, with returns reaching +1.71% in December.

CTAs outperformed all other fund structures (+0.71%) and were followed by alternative mutual funds (+0.60%).

Multi-strategy hedge funds outperformed all other top-level strategies tracked by Preqin, returning +1.12% and pushing the 12-month return to +8.16%.

Equity and event-driven strategies did not fare as well, losing 0.44%......................

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