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Brevan Howard Emerging Markets Local Fixed Income Fund (BHEML): Brevan...
The combination of Brevan Howard’s expertise and operational infrastructure with the active management of a portfolio concentrate on emerging market fixed income has proved successful.
Trading in markets where politicians affect outcome has led Hari Hariharan of NWI to opt for bite size positions and go back to basics on macro analysis on the fixed income fund he runs for Permal.
Hedge funds have long been fascinated with Japan’s large and growing public debt burden but shorting the country continues to be a losing proposition. Any Japan trade needs to be tightly hedged.
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Investable indexes: July 2012 returns
Hedge fund strategies performed mostly positively during July. CTAs were one of the strongest performers, benefiting from the US drought and rising energy prices. Only a few strategies had declines.
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Investable indexes: June 2012 returns
All hedge fund indexes had declines in June, although performance across sub-strategies was mixed. CTA/managed futures funds fared particularly badly. Equity long/short funds had a better month.
Hedge fund strategies continue losses in May as market environment detrioriates...
Hedge funds experienced losses across almost all strategies during May as markets fell and risk aversion worsened. A few refused to follow suit, however, and had good performance and positive inflows.
Investable indexes: May 2012 returns
Hedge fund performance took a hit in May as uncertainty over the eurozone continued to impact investor sentiment. CTAs took advantage of the trends created and ended the month in positive territory.
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