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Opalesque Roundup: Demand for macro and managed futures pushes hedge fund to $3.345tn in January: hedge fund news, week 09

Monday, March 01, 2021

In the week ending February 26th 2020, eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report revealed that overall AUM for the hedge fund business in January stood at $3.345 trillion. Hedge funds attracted USD6.39 billion of new capital last month as investors piled into a wide variety of strategy types, particularly macro and managed futures, said eVestment.

Meanwhile, Barclays said in a research report that hedge funds could draw between USD10 billion and USD30 billion of projected net inflows from investors, and around USD450 billion in gross allocations, in what could prove "a breakout year" for managers.

Indeed, hedge funds started 2021 on a positive note returning 0.98% in January, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index. By comparison, the S&P 500 Total Return Index was down 1.01% in January.

In the meantime, HFR reported that emerging Markets (EM) hedge funds, led by funds investing in China, surged in 4Q to extend FY 2020 gains as EM hedge fund capital reached a new record, driven by gains in EM regional equity marke......................

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