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Hedge funds record best month since GFC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... April. Macro strategies were able to limit their losses to -1.58% at April end, significantly lower than hedge funds' over -5% YTD.

Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... Driven-Activist funds saw the highest returns among the primary fund strategies eVestment tracks, at +10.73%, but are posting YTD returns of -16.76%," the database said. "Similarly, India-focused hedge funds posted strong returns of +11.89% in April ...

Pinnacle boutique launches Cayman fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... S&P 500 in March and 14.04% outperformance in February. It has also outperformed the HFRI Macro Discretionary Thematic Index YTD and since February 2019 inception. "The focus of the fund in investing only in liquid products and its policy of no net short ...

MySuper bounces back

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... average rolling 12-month return for the MySuper index during the Global Financial Crisis got as low as -20%," he said. "The YTD MySuper index return to March end is -6%."

Hedge fund with zero correlation to equities to launch

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... has four strategies, all of which were profitable during the first quarter of the year by 1-4%. "We have been pleased that YTD in 2020, not only have all of our trades been profitable but their correlations to equities have been stable, exactly as we ...

NFP super fund performance revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... average rolling 12-month return for the MySuper index during the Global Financial Crisis got as low as -20%," he said. "The YTD MySuper index return to March end is -6%." Rainmaker's analysis does not include the performance of the retail sector. "It ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... sluggish one to two percent economic growth range in most developed economies. "Global equity markets have performed well YTD, the direct result of a perception in markets that the aforementioned geopolitical risks have abated to some extent." He also ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... meeting, the Japanese currency has appreciated by 2.2% to ¥106.28 versus an appreciating US dollar (+0.3% since and +2.1 ytd, based on Bloomberg's US dollar spot index). The ¥/US$ exchange rate is up 2.8% this year to date. The negative correlation ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... deflation. Nice problem to have, hey? Sure is, if not for the rise and rise in the US equity market - the S&P 500 (up 17.4% YTD) and the Nasdaq (up 23% YTD) have both surpassed their previous peaks. And this, with the mere forward guidance that the Fed ...

Government bond issuance to fall 20pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... statement released by the AOFM today, with two months left to run in the 2016-17 financial year they have issued $92 billion YTD, but next financial they expect funding requirements will reduce to $80 billion. Net of buybacks and maturations this gross ...