Hedge Funds Recorded Their Strongest Return In Over A Decade

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Jacob Wolinsky
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Hedge funds recorded their strongest return in over a decade lead by the long/short equities

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Equal-weighted and asset-weighted hedge fund performance

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Hedge fund managers the ended month of November up 4.49% on an equal-weighted basis, and 3.51% return on an asset-weighted basis. The better-than-expected efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines and optimism on the new US administration boosted the performance of the global equity market during the month. On a year-to-date basis, global hedge funds were up 8.17% over the first 11 months of 2020.

Over the month of November, US$8.8 billion of investor inflows on top of US$26.3 billion of performance-driven gains were recorded by the global hedge fund industry.

Hedge fund performance by region (2020 YTD)

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Hedge fund performance by strategy (2020 YTD)

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Annual launches and closures of global hedge funds

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Average management fees of North American and global hedge funds by launch year

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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.