Research Perspective Vol.101
Hedge funds started the year strongly rebounding from their last year’s disappointing performance, with fundamental equity hedge strategies leading the race
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Research Perspective Vol.100
2018 started as strongly as it finished in 2017, but spikes in volatility caught hedge funds unprepared and highlighted the weaknesses of the industry
Research Perspective Vol.99
The market environment for 2019 is likely to be characterised by elevated volatility
Research Perspective Vol. 98
2018 started with strong optimism for hedge funds, but eventually they failed to capitalise on the opportunities that appeared throughout the year
Research Perspective Vol. 97
The appearance of volatility in October caused major losses to hedge fund managers that continued in November and into early December
Research Perspective Vol. 96
Hedge funds’ performance plummeted further in November after a disastrous October, having their worst year since 2011
Research Perspective Vol. 95
Macro and CTA strategies are still struggling to perform compared to other strategies, making them the worst performers this year
Research Perspective Vol.94
Lending has always been the core banking business over centuries until the great financial crisis hit in 2008, which gave birth to a new asset class: private debt. For years,...
Research Perspective Vol. 93
October is so far disastrous for hedge funds moving them deeper in the loss zone, mainly driven by underperformance in equity markets. Equity hedge, macro, CTA and special situations strategies...
Research Perspective Vol.92
The first two weeks of October were marked by the two days sell-off in equities with investors trying to comprehend if the sell-off was a correction or the beginning of...
