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In the week ending June 5th 2020, a report by eVestment said that institutional investors allocated +$49.4 bn to passive U.S. equity and +$61.2 bn to passive non-U.S. equity strategies in Q1 marking the largest combined inflow quarter since at least 2005. Traditional asset managers reported institutional assets under management of $28.3 trillion through Q1 2020. Net institutional flows totaled +$59.9 billion in the most recent quarter and -$117.7 billion over the last four quarters.

As the global COVID-19 pandemic picked up speed in Q1 and countries around the world went into various versions of lockdown, fixed-income and active equity strategies were among the hardest hit with investor redemptions, according to the just published eVestment Q1 2020 Institutional Investment Traditional Asset Flows Report. Long-only asset managers reporting to eVestment had Q1 2020 institutional assets under management (AUM) of $28.3 trillion at the end of last quarter. Net institutional flows totaled +$59.9 billion in the most recent quarter and -$117.7 billion over the last four quarters.

Global Macro strategies outperformed in May, on the back of the rebound of EM and Discretionary sub-strategies (+2.4% in May), said Lyxor. Meanwhile, CTA strategies underperformed (-1.5%) on the back of the rebound in risk assets (including energy) and the rise in bond yields.

Meanwhile Preqin said that hedge fund performance bounced back in April 2020, after recording substantial losses in Ma......................

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