Overall industry hedge fund performance in August came in at +0.04%, bringing year to date (YTD) 2018 industry performance to +1.10%, according to the latest eVestment hedge fund performance data. Among primary strategies, Event Driven-Activist funds were among the big winners in August, with performance of +1.93%, bringing YTD performance to +2.72%.
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Other interesting figures in the August data include:
- Managed Futures funds also put up strong returns in August, coming in at +1.77% for the month, although these funds’ performance is still negative for the year at -1.83%.
- Macro funds were the only primary strategy to post negative returns for the month, with performance coming in at -0.30%. Multi-Strategy Funds and Market Neutral Equity funds were just barely positive for the month however at +0.04% and +0.09% respectively.
- Bigger wasn’t better in August, with the 10 largest hedge funds reporting to eVestment coming in negative at -0.04% in August, although those 10 largest funds are positive for the year at +1.30%.
- Big Managed Futures funds were positive for August, with returns for the 10 largest Managed Futures funds coming in at +2.81% in August, although those 10 largest funds are still negative for the year at -2.86%.
- Funds focused on the BRIC countries were generally negative in August, with only India-focused funds eking out positive results for the month at +0.08%. India-focused funds are deeply negative for the year however at -10.06% and far from their stellar performance of +32.87% in 2017.
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