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Equity strategies funds recorded the highest returns for the month (+0.91%), taking 12-month performance to 13.62%. Event driven strategies made gains of 0.48%, but have the highest 12-month returns at 14.11%. CTAs, by contrast, recorded losses of 1.04%, their lowest returns since October 2016. As a result, performance for CTAs is in negative territory at the mid-point of the year, returning -0.57% for the year so far and -2.64% over the past 12 months.

Key Hedge Fund Performance Facts:

• Hedge funds returned 0.57% in June, taking YTD gains to 4.87%, and 12-month returns to 10.91%.

• Equity strategies funds gained 0.91% through the month, the highest of any leading strategy. Macro strategies funds saw losses of 0.44%, the only leading strategy to lose ground in June.

• Discretionary funds continued to outperform systematic vehicles, with returns of 0.95% and -0.22% respectively in June. 12-month returns for discretionary funds are now 13.28%, more than double that of systematic funds (+6.20%).

• Asia-Pacific hedge funds returned 1.53% in June, higher than either North America (+0.59%) or Europe (+0.20%) funds.

• Funds of hedge funds marked gains of 0.06%, continuing a run of eight positive performance months. Overall returns for 2017 YTD now stand at 2.14%

• UCITS funds gained 0.05% through the month, while alternative mutual funds returned 0.24%. 12-month returns for these fund types now stand at 6.42% and 4.12% respectively.

• CTAs recorded losses of 1.04% in June, bringing performance in H1 2017 to -0.57%. However, discretionary CTAs have made gains of 1.94% through the year so far, while systematic CTAs have returned -0.78%.

  Amy Bensted, Head of Hedge Fund Products:

  "Despite negative investor sentiment at the start of the year, over the past six months the hedge fund industry has recorded one of its strongest H1 performance periods since the Global Financial Crisis. Although we have not seen large monthly gains, consistent performance has bolstered the asset class' returns, and 12-month performance is now in double digits.

  Despite growing interest from hedge funds in AI and machine learning technology, the gap between the performance of discretionary and systematic funds continues to widen: over the past 12 months, discretionary funds have now made twice the gains seen by systematic vehicles. Continued investment themes globally - including a more hawkish attitude from central banks, as well as more settled markets in Europe and Asia - have allowed discretionary fund managers to pull ahead of their systematic counterparts."

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