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Large Hedge Funds Lose Assets In 2016, But The Biggest Just Keep Getting Bigger

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Mark Melin
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The largest hedge funds in the world had assets under management reductions, according to the latest Absolute Return Billion Dollar Club rankings out Friday. The losses came following legal problems for two large hedge fund managers and performance issues with other hedge funds. While there were hedge fund withdrawals, there were also many funds that posted significant gains in assets under management.

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Paul Tudor Jones witnessed hedge fund withdrawals in 2016. By Hedge Funds (http://www.hedgefundletters.com/category/tudor/) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Big losses from a few big firms bring down large fund assets under management

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.