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The Eurekahedge Report - July 2009

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:

 
June 2009 US$ billion
Allocation (Inflows) 19.2
Redemption (Outflows) -13
Net Asset Flows 6.2
Positive Performance (growth) -0.8
Negative Performance (decline) 0.5
Total -0.3
Overall Total 5.9

 

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Footnote

1 Based on 74.7% of the funds reporting their returns in June 2009 as at 21 July 2009.



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