After a strong performance in 2017, 2018 has been a mixed year so far for hedge funds. According to data from hedge fund data provider Eurekahedge, hedge funds lost 0.34% in June, meaning that returns are “barely hanging in the green with a flat 0.08% gain year-to-date.” This is the weakest first-half performance for hedge funds on record since the year 2000. Across strategies, event-driven hedge funds led the table with gains of 1.17% followed by relative value hedge funds which were up 0.66%. Final asset flow figures for May 2018 revealed that managers reported performance-based losses of $6.2 billion…
ESG Hedge Funds Struggle To Match The Rest Of The Industry
Sign up now and get our in-depth FREE e-books on famous investors like Klarman, Dalio, Schloss, Munger Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK. Rupert covers everything value investing for ValueWalk