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In the week ending February 19th 2021, eVestment released January 2021 hedge fund performance data which showed that hedge funds started 2021 on a high note with average industry performance of +1.02% with 59% of funds seeing positive results for the month. This follows a tumultuous 2020 which saw the hedge fund business return an average +11.07%.
Meanwhile, according to Lyxor, risk assets experienced a strong rebound in recent weeks, which benefitted Directional L/S (+3.8%) and Special Situation (+2.7%) strategies on a month-to-date basis. On a year-to-date basis, Merger Arbitrage remains the best performing strategy (+2.4%) in a context where SPACs experienced a sharp rebound (+17.9% for the IPOX SPAC Index year-to-date).
In new launches, Carmika Partners, a discretionary investment manager that specializes in quantitative volatility trading, is about to launch Carmika Absolute Return Fund Master Ltd, domiciled in Delaware; Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager, announced t...................... To view our full article Click here
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