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Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers:

HFRI MENA Index leads regional performance YTD Improving trade, rates, falling geopolitical risk contribute to EM gains Asian hedge fund industry AUM rise to record

Asian and Emerging Markets hedge fund performance accelerated into 4Q25, navigating a sharp correction in cryptocurrencies which was offset by a powerful combination of factors including expectations for falling interest rates, improving global economic outlook, progress on trade/tariff negotiations and optimism over near-term resolution of ongoing military geopolitical conflicts.

EM hedge fund performance advanced into mid-4Q, led by the HFRI MENA Index, which has surged +20.5 percent YTD through November. The overall HFRI Emerging Markets (Total) Index vaulted +16.8 percent YTD through November, on pace for the strongest calendar year gain since 2017, as reported today with the releases of the HFR Asian Hedge Fund Industry Report and the HFR Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Industry Report from HFR, the established global leader in the indexation, analysis and research of the global hedge fund industry.

The HFRI Emerging Markets (Total) Index, which covers all EM regions, surged +16.8 percent YTD through November, posting 11 consecutive months of gains before posting a narrow decline of -0.55 percent in November; the Index leads the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite In......................

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