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Hedge funds bounced back in October (+0.34%), pushing the YTD return to +5.39%

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark bounced back from September's losses in October (+0.34%), pushing the YTD return to +5.39%.

By comparison, public equities lost over the month for the MSCI ACWI (-2.43%) and the S&P 500 (-2.77%), said a report by Preqin.

All top-level strategies tracked by Preqin generated gains apart from macro strategies (-0.42%). Credit strategies drove increases (+0.43%), followed by equity strategies (+0.29%).

Both US high-yield and investment-grade credit spreads tightened over the month by roughly 10 basis points each, according to the ICE BofA High......................

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