Introduction
After seven months of strong growth, the global hedge fund industry continued to advance with a 1.09% performance gain in February. Hedge fund managers witnessed robust inflows of US$12.37 billion during the month while performance-based net flows amounted to US$9.99 billion. Total assets under management crossed US$1.72 trillion for the first time since September 2008. Year-to-date, hedge funds have attracted US$29.53 billion from investors, far above the US$10.69 billion of inflows over the same period last year.
Highlights of hedge fund performance and asset flows for the month are as follows:
| February 2011 | US$ billion |
|---|---|
| Allocation (Inflows) | 17.66 |
| Redemption (Outflows) | -5.3 |
| Net Asset Flows | 12.37 |
| Positive Performance (Growth) | 12.05 |
| Negative Performance (Decline) | -2.07 |
| Total | 9.99 |
| Overall Total | 22.35 |
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