Inflows hit $17bn in 2011 as investors shelter from market turbulence

February 02, 2012  


Annual mandate tally shows snapshot of increasing investor appetite, says InvestHedge


By Susan Barreto

Illustration: Shonagh Rae
It was a year that yielded market losses and even greater uncertainty over future gains. Finally, 2011 seems like the year that investors saw hedge funds as a place for their assets to weather the storm over the long haul.

Taking a look back over the year, the hedge fund inflows from pension funds, endowments and foundations – with assets totalling $2.2 trillion globally – tracked by InvestHedge’s monthly mandate...

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Data

Indices April 2012 Fund of Funds

Composite
Index Composite
InvestHedgeApr 12YTD%
Composite-0.30%2.25%40%
Arbitrage USD-0.19%1.99%43%
Asian Pacific Fund of Funds-0.57%2.83%25%
Asset Based Lending0.00%0.00%0%
Commodities0.16%2.05%33%
Distressed-0.12%2.94%42%
Emerging Managers-0.10%2.18%50%
Emerging Markets Hedge USD-0.49%3.48%15%
European Equity EUR-0.15%2.87%70%
European Multi Strategy EUR-0.50%4.14%50%
Fixed Income USD-0.20%2.76%45%
Global Equity USD-0.17%4.17%43%
Global Macro Currency USD-0.60%-0.09%49%
Global Multi Strategy EUR-0.40%1.58%29%
Global Multi Strategy USD-0.27%2.39%37%
Leveraged Global Multi-Strategy USD-2.49%-0.53%40%
Self-Invested Fund of Funds USD-0.45%3.50%95%
US Equity-0.73%5.22%44%

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