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In the week ending 08 July, 2016, it was reported that North America-based institutional investors account for 62% of capital committed to hedge funds and Europe-based investors 23% respectively, a slight increase from 12 months ago (21%). These numbers refer to institutional investors which have committed more than $1bn to hedge funds.

The same report said that pensions are divided regarding further allocations to the hedge fund industry. Other reports claimed hedge funds have provided lower average net annual returns to U.S. pension funds while Dutch pension scheme Provisum said that hedge funds have delivered more than one-quarter of its return. Sweden's AP2 said it prefers alternative risk premia over hedge funds; and Korea’s National Pension Service outperformed the world’s top national pension funds with a return of 4.57% last year.

SJL Capital LLC has announced the launch of its maiden hedge fund, SJL MarketDNA. Karim Bennani has just received the go-ahead from the UK regulator to launch his own hedge fund, Quantum Investing. GAM has announced the launch of a new merger arbitrage strategy in July; WisdomTree has launched a Eurozone Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF on the London stock exchange; and Schroders has launched the Schroder GAIA Indus PacifiChoice long/short equity fund in partnership with Indus Capital Partners.

The HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index gained +0.20% in June (-0.83% YTD); The UCITS Alternative Index Global was down -1.28% in (-3.10% YTD); The Lyxor CTA Broad Index ......................

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