Event Driven Hedge Funds are shining according to new data from a prime brokerage unit of a large bank. Hedge funds posted a seventh consecutive month of positive returns in May according to Morgan Stanley’s May 2017 Hedge Fund Recap report. Bridgewater Reveals Uncorrelated Strategy, Volatility & Beta Targeting The report, which relies on proprietary estimates of hedge fund returns from the bank’s prime brokerage team, notes that all hedge fund strategies had a median and average return of 0.59% in May vs. MSCI AC World at +2.28%. These figures take year-to-date gains to +4.1% (median) to +4.9% (average). Americas-based…
Total alpha has been positive in 70% of the months since Jan 2010
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