The Eurekahedge Report - September 2011

Hedge funds posted an average return of -2.13% in August, outperforming global equity markets by 5.57% as managers focused on capital preservation strategies. The MSCI World Index tumbled 7.70% off the back of a downgrade of US Treasuries, which also sent the S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index down by 1.85% for the month. Managers lost US$3.2 billion of assets through performance, but capital flows from investors continued to be very robust as August marked the ninth consecutive month of positive flows; an increase of US$1.51 billion. Overall hedge fund assets under management remained above the US$1.8 trillion mark, the highest level since September 2008.

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

August 2011	US$ billion
Allocation (Inflows)	24.06
Redemption (Outflows)	-22.55
Net Asset Flows	1.51
Positive Performance (Growth)	116.04
Negative Performance (Decline)	-119.22
Total	-3.18
Overall Total	-1.66

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