Hedge Funds are Posting Strong Performance of 2.52% in 2015
According to Preqin, a leading source of data and intelligence for the alternative assets industry, hedge funds posted strong performance of 2.52 percent so far in 2015.
Hedge
funds are outpacing stocks in 2015, various data trackers said; Brevan
Howard’s largest hedge fund was up 3.6% this year after posting its
first loss in 2014; Value Partners saw its net profit double last year
on strong returns; APS Asset Management (APS) saw its China Alpha Fund
return 4.71% in February (+7.27% YTD); and Blueshift Capital Group saw
its main fund drop more than 8% last month.
One
Oak Capital launched the Alpha Opportunities Fund that targets
institutional investors, high net worth individuals and family offices;
Gottex is preparing to launch its first low cost "risk premia"
investment product; Polen Capital has launched a new global growth
equity strategy fund to be managed by Julian Pick; Sandell Asset
launched a new hedge fund-backed reinsurer in Bermuda; Asia Frontier
Capital has announced the launch of the AFC Iraq Fund; multi-strategy
asset manager CQS launched a new long-only Global Convertible Bond Fund;
and Neuberger Berman has extended its liquid alternatives UCITS
platform with the launch of the Neuberger Berman Global Long Short
Equity Fund.
Source: Opalesque
