Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Hedge funds post November gains as fiscal cliff looms




From Hedgeweek: Hedge funds posted gains in November as equities traded in a wide intra-month range following the US Presidential election and as global financial markets focused on the US fiscal cliff.  The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index gained 0.35 per cent for the month, posting its fifth gain in the last six months, according to data released by HFR.

Relative value arbitrage (RVA) and event driven (ED) strategies were top contributors in November, with both the HFRI Relative Value Arbitrage Index and HFRI Event Driven Index gaining 0.7 per cent. RVA strategies remain the top area of hedge fund strategy performance YTD, with the HFRI RVA Index up 9.5 per cent through November.

All RV sub-strategies posted gains for the month, with top contributions from strategies specialising in volatility arbitrage and asset backed exposures, with these gaining 1.2 and 1.1 per cent, respectively....



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