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Not All Hedge Fund Strategies Struggling In 2016

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Mark Melin
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With all the talk of diminishing hedge fund returns and big redemptions, there are several categories in the HSBC Hedge Weekly performance report that appear to be bucking the trend. In some cases, category averages are significantly influenced by strong constituent performance, with many low volatility strategies in the credit space outpacing bond benchmarks and turning in some of their best historical performance.

Also see Hedge Fund Letters To Investors - Top Funds

Macro Systematic category largely driven by performance of one fund

With the stock market up 7.98% year to date, as measured by the S&P 500 Total Return Index, hedge funds have been underperforming again and this is leading to asset withdrawals. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index up...

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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.