The assets under management (AUM) of the global hedge fund industry stood at $2,316.7bn as of February 2019, up roughly 1.1% year-to-date, in contrast to how the industry lost 6.3% of its assets in 2018.

Final asset flow figures for January showed that hedge fund managers generated performance-based gains totalling $32.8bn, offset by investor redemptions of $6.8b