Buoyant Markets Help Hedge Funds Get Off To A Good Start

2016 turned out to be one of the most memorable years in recent history for many reasons. The performance of equity hedge funds into the end of the year, may not be one reason that everyone remembers, but in the hedge fund world, this trend was notable.

Indeed, following the Trump bump at the beginning of November, equity hedge funds (particularly long equity), which have been struggling on average for the past few years, returned an average 2% in the first 11 months of 2016 on an asset-weighted basis, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc.

Also see:

• 2016 Hedge Fund Letters

This trend has continued on into 2017 with equity hedge funds boasting the biggest increase across all strategies during January, rising...