The August 2010 Eurekahedge Report contains qualitative and quantitative analyses on the industry’s assets flows and performance over the past month, with a special feature on key trends in global hedge funds.
Hedge funds across all regions witnessed net positive asset flows in July, bringing the total assets under management by global hedge funds to US$1.53 trillion. European hedge funds, however, saw inflows of US$6.4 billion while the total net flow in July was US$10.4 billion.
After two months of negative returns, hedge funds returned to their winning ways in July as the Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 1.21%. The managers have also continued to outperform global markets by more than 5% June year-to-date.
The global hedge fund sector has continued to outperform the underlying markets in 2010 while also witnessing net positive asset flows. The industry has undergone some significant changes over the last two years and in our sixth monthly review, we revisit some of our previous analyses, such as strategic asset flows, distribution of new fund launches and performance comparisons, and also conduct new studies into areas such as average lifespan, survivorship and capital inflows into the different regions.
Steve Gilboy, Michael Newlander and Jason Gilboy of GLL Investors share the firm’s investment principle as well as their outlook on the global markets.
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are seeking to protect investors with new regulation to capture all investment products, including hedge funds and absolute return funds that have, until now, been largely unregulated.
Custom House Global Fund Services Limited is pleased to announce The Nascent Fund SICAV P.L.C.
The fund is aimed at assisting managers entering the market to establish and control their own segregated sub-fund of the fund, with a relatively small amount of initial capital.
Judith Daly, Liang Goh, Robert Mellor and Jason Silverman, PricewaterhouseCoopers
As tax authorities across the world seek various ways to increase private equity taxes, managers need to devote significant resources to monitoring the myriad relevant tax rules.
Superannuation funds are continuing to back responsible investment options, not just because of their commitment to underlying principles, but because they are generating competitive returns.
The last decade has seen increased global awareness of environmental issues. It is because of this awareness that SRI has become more visible and structured as a type of investment.
