The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 2.05% 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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