The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 2.05%1 in February, bringing its year to date returns to 4.30%. The industry is enjoying its strongest start to a year in 12 years as all regional and strategic mandates have reported net gains for two consecutive months. Meanwhile, the asset weighted Mizuho-Eurekahedge Index was up 1.80% and 1.77% in February and January respectively. Managers attracted US$320 million of inflows during the month while performance added US$11.17 billion to total assets under management. Overall assets increased by US$11.49 billion to US$1.75 trillion boosted by rallying underlying capital markets and higher risk appetite.
Highlights of hedge fund performance and asset flows for the month are as follows:
| February 2012 | US$ billion |
|---|---|
| Allocation (Inflows) | 3.26 |
| Redemption (Outflows) | -2.93 |
| Net Asset Flows | 0.32 |
| Positive Performance (Growth) | 13.15 |
| Negative Performance (Decline) | -1.98 |
| Total | 11.17 |
| Overall Total | 11.49 |
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