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In the week ending 26 January, 2018, the hedge funds space ended 2017 with the strongest capital inflows since 2Q15 driving total assets to the new record of $3.21tln or an increase of $59bn.

Hedge fund managers with less than $1bn in assets received the highest inflows with $7.4bn of new capital, while the industry's largest managers, those with greater than $5bn AUM, received $6.3bn of inflows. Investors withdrew a net $3.9bn from firms managing between $1 billion to $5bn.

Soroban Capital Partners plans to shrink its main fund by $1.5bn after a year of double-digit gains; the SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for January 2018 measured 2.20%, down from 4.18% in December; a new report by eVestment showed that net inflows into the hedge fund industry in 2017 ended at $30.13bn; and Angelo Moskov is seeking $500m for his World View Capital Management.

Jon Corzine is making his comeback with the launch of a new hedge fund that's betting the Trump administration will stir up markets; Michael Wong and Adam Grimsley have resigned from BlackRock to launch a cryptocurrency hedge fund; and Emil van Essen is launching a new alternative investment vehicle combining energy infrastructure MLPs.

Truston Asset Management is closing down its office in Singapore and a hedge fund based in the city; and Jamison Capital is shutting its $1.5bn flagship fund, one of the biggest high-profile commodities hedge funds to close in recent months.

The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund Index gained 11.41% in 2017 (+1.15% in December); The Lyxor CTA Broad Index ......................

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