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Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds' asset base grew by $219.0bn in 2017, the highest since 2014 : hedge fund news, week 03

Sunday, January 21, 2018

In the week ending 19 January, 2018, the asset base for the hedge fund industry grew by $219.0bn in 2017 - the highest growth in AUM since 2014.

York Capital is planning a €250m initial public offering of an Irish industrial and logistics property investment trust called Core Industrial; Jeffrey Frase has been meeting with investors for his planned launch of a commodity hedge fund; Westbeck Capital has launched a UCITS fund focused on electric metals to capitalise on the unfolding electric vehicles revolution; J8 Capital Management has announced the launch of their UI-J8 Global Absolute Return UCITS Fund; IDFC AMC is launching its inaugural India equity Long/Short strategy called IDFC India Equity Hedge - Conservative Fund; and Vulpes Investment's unit Kit Trading is raising $10m for a cryptocurrency arbitrage fund to trade off price movements.

T. Boone Pickens is shutting down his energy hedge fund after health and financial upsets, and Ivaldi Capital is shutting down after its largest investor pulled out.

The HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index gained +1.88% through mid-January; The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index rose +2% from January 2 - 9 (1.7% YTD); And the eVestment December 2017 Hedge Fund Performance Report showed hedge funds gained +8.83% last year.

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