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In the week ending April 10th 2020, Eurekahedge reported that hedge fund managers were down 4.40% in March, outperforming the MSCI AC World Index IMI (Local) by 9.59% during the month - a level of outperformance unseen since October 2008. Long volatility-focused strategies, CTA/managed futures and AI hedge funds top the Q1 2020 league table, while equity long-biased hedge funds nurse losses of close to 20%.

However, the latest eVestment hedge fund performance data puts losses at global hedge funds at an average of -7.25% in March as a result of the market turmoil created by the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic.

In this context, make sure to review the Opalesque Special: Corona Fighters: Asset managers who delivered during the meltdown - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.

Meanwhile, CTAs were able to deliver positive performance in March as global markets crashed - all the SG CTA indices were up in March; the SG CTA Index closed the month +0.09%, and SG Trend Index up +1.82% as trend-followers led performance and......................

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