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With market volatility back in the spotlight, a new study by PivotalPath has underlined how hedge funds offer investors’ portfolios considerable protection during times of turmoil.

Three out of every four hedge funds have now generated positive returns this year, as the industry successfully profited from improving sentiment surrounding inflation and interest rate moves last month, new research published by PivotalPath shows.

Hedge funds averaged gains of 1.6% in June, but according to data provider PivotalPath the performance dispersion between equity and macro strategies continues to widen. Year-to-date through the month of June, the PivotalPath Composite hedge fund index is up 3.5%, ...

The gap between the best- and worst- performing hedge funds continues to narrow this year, with more than two-thirds of managers generating positive returns since the start of 2023, according to new data from PivotalPath.

Hedge fund managers across the board saw gains and modest inflows last month, but a key determinate of outperformance seems to be size, according to data released this week by Citco and PivotalPath.

A long-beleaguered portion of the hedge fund industry has gotten a boost in 2022: CTAs. And yes, even investors are extolling commodities as a growing segment of their own portfolios, thanks to ongoing inflation. A good number of commodities funds ...

As institutional investors consider alternative investments in anticipation of market shifts, inflation is a new factor that could impact hedge fund portfolios acutely. As inflation fears swirl with the greater post-pandemic demand for consumer and industrial goods, it is likely ...

As the performance figures roll in over the last two weeks of the year, the clear winner among hedge fund strategies are equity-oriented strategies. Asian equity managers have stolen the show though with numerous 40%-plus year-to-date returns, according to figures ...

For hedge fund investors, diversification feels a bit like a zero-sum game or at the very least a 50/50 shot when it comes to making gains so far in 2020. Database providers showed anemic single-digit gains in July across the ...

Market valuation is on the move with every snippet of forward-looking pandemic news, but what this all means for equity-oriented hedge fund strategies is still emerging as many managers have significantly underperformed their alternative investment universe peers. According to hedge ...