After its best 3-month period on record, the Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index finished flat (0.2%1) in June, to end the first half of 2009 up a healthy 9.5%. Hedge funds attracted US$19 billion of fresh capital (gross) in June, marking their second consecutive month of net inflows of US$6 billion; hedge fund assets as at end-1H2009 stood at US$1.33 trillion.
Highlights of hedge fund performance and asset flows for the month are as follows: