Research

The Eurekahedge Report - April 2010

Introduction

The global hedge fund industry is off to a healthy start in 2010 with strong first quarter performance numbers and robust capital inflows. March was another month of positive performance as managers skilfully captured most of the upside in the trending markets; the Eurekahedge Global Hedge Fund Index was up 2.5% in the month. Managers also attracted capital with net inflows of US$2.83 billion, bringing the total size of the industry to US$1.5 trillion.

Highlights of hedge fund performance and asset flows for the month are as follows:

March  2010 US$ billion
Allocation (Inflows)3.15
Redemption (Outflows)-0.58
Net Asset Flows 2.56
Positive Performance (Growth)3.13
Negative Performance (Decline)-0.29
Total 2.83
Overall Total5.4

 

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