Hedge Funds Off To Poor Start Led By CTAs

In a market environment without decisive or consistent market price trends, managed futures CTA strategies have seen the worst performance-based asset flow trends, according to a Eurekahedge report. The troubles come as hedge fund strategies struggled in March. Nonetheless, hedge fund industry assets under management continue to grow to new highs.

Hedge funds languished in March under volatile market conditions. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was down 0.54% while the Barclay Hedge Fund index was down 0.59% on the month.

Eurekahedge notes that with hedge funds down 0.13% as of the first quarter of 2018, they are off to their worst quarter since the start of 2016. Despite this, assets under...