Lyxor: Stars Were Aligned For Hedge Funds in January

Odd Risk Dispersion Of Performance Drivers Among Strategies Noted As One Strategy Stands Above Others

All hedge fund strategies appear to be having a strong start to 2015, noted a recent research report from the Lyxor Managed Account Platform, as more than 10 percent of the funds they monitor “are close or above the 5 percent market year to date.”

Hedge funds: “The Stars Aligned”

This is a statistical oddity indeed, as the performance bounty appears to be spread across all strategies to various degrees. Lyxor said “The stars aligned” in their report headline, because the rare event of most fund strategies in the black at the same time is...