SFP Value Realization Top Performing Hedge Fund Of 2013

Equity long/short hedge funds accounted for six of the ten top performing funds in 2013, but top honors goes to an event driven fund. The SFP Value Realization Fund ($251 million AUM) was the top performing hedge fund for the second year in a row, with an 82.12% return in 2013, up from its 44.54% return in 2012, and a 7.43% return in 2011 when almost everyone else was losing money, according to HSBC’s Investment Funds Performance Review.

SFP Value Realization Fund focused on Japan

While the SFP Value Realization fund isn’t a long/short fund, it still produced its impressive returns by investing in undervalued Japanese firms and then unlocking value as activist shareholders, a tactic that itself has gained...