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In the week ending February 19th 2021, eVestment released January 2021 hedge fund performance data which showed that hedge funds started 2021 on a high note with average industry performance of +1.02% with 59% of funds seeing positive results for the month. This follows a tumultuous 2020 which saw the hedge fund business return an average +11.07%.

Meanwhile, according to Lyxor, risk assets experienced a strong rebound in recent weeks, which benefitted Directional L/S (+3.8%) and Special Situation (+2.7%) strategies on a month-to-date basis. On a year-to-date basis, Merger Arbitrage remains the best performing strategy (+2.4%) in a context where SPACs experienced a sharp rebound (+17.9% for the IPOX SPAC Index year-to-date).

In new launches, Carmika Partners, a discretionary investment manager that specializes in quantitative volatility trading, is about to launch Carmika Absolute Return Fund Master Ltd, domiciled in Delaware; Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager, announced the launch of Amundi Funds Emerging Markets Green Bond, an emerging markets green bond strategy open to international institutional and retail investors, and the Chicago private equity firm Wind Point Partners closed its latest middle-market buyout fund, Wind Point Partners IX, at $1.5 billion in total commitments, including commitments from the General Partner and affiliates.

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