Turns Out Chinese Hedge Funds Know A Thing Or Two About Alpha

Chinese hedge funds posted some of the best returns of the hedge fund industry in 2017 according to data from hedge fund data provider Eurekahedge.

According to the latest Eurekahedge hedge fund market update, 2017 saw the best performance on record (since 2009) for Greater China hedge funds with the Eurekahedge Greater China Long Short Equities Hedge Fund Index posting a return of 31.87% for the year, compared to a return of 19.73% for the Eurekahedge Asia Long Short Equities Hedge Fund Index over the same period. Although, the funds did struggle to outperform the Hang Seng and MSCI indices which posted gains of 35.99% and 36.38% respectively over the year.

Unfortunately, this performance is somewhat of an anomaly as...