Hedge Funds Have Maintained Their Strong Performance

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Jacob Wolinsky
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Hedge funds have maintained their strong performance since end-March supported by equity market recovery

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Equal-weighted and asset-weighted hedge fund performance

Hedge Funds September

Hedge fund managers ended August 2020 up 2.02% on an equal-weighted basis, and 1.43% on an asset-weighted basis, driven by the strong performance of the global equity market as seen from the 5.54% return of MSCI ACWI (Local) over the same period. On a year to date basis, global hedge funds were up 4.07% over the first eight months of 2020.

Over the month of August, US$8.3 billion of investor inflows on top of US$9.6 billion of performance-driven gains were recorded by the global hedge fund industry.

Hedge fund performance by region (2020 YTD)

Hedge Funds September

Hedge fund performance by strategy (2020 YTD)

Hedge Funds September

Average live hedge funds fees by end of the year

Hedge Funds September

Proportion of fund launches with ≥20% performance fees

Hedge Funds September


Hedge Funds September

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Jacob Wolinsky is the founder of HedgeFundAlpha (formerly ValueWalk Premium), a popular value investing and hedge fund focused intelligence service. Prior to founding the company, Jacob worked as an equity analyst focused on small caps. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com FD: I do not purchase any equities to avoid conflict of interest and any insider information. I only purchase broad-based ETFs and mutual funds.