Hedge funds dive below high-water marks again
April 11, 2012
Rob Copeland
Only 38% of funds were above water in 2011, compared with 73% in 2010.
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Funds above their high-water marks by year |
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Key: + Above HWM / - Below HWM
(+/- do not denote performance)
Source: HedgeFund Intelligence database.
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Fewer funds were above their high-water marks last year than even in 2008, according to a recent analysis of returns from Americas-based hedge funds reporting to the HedgeFund Intelligence database.
The widespread, if shallow, losses of 2011 resulted in a stark decline in the number of funds earning performance fees, and perpetuated the continuing nightmare of those that still haven't recovered their pre-2008 high-water marks (see chart to the right). Only 38% of all funds rose above their high watermarks in 2011, while 62% were left to subsist on management fees alone.
Only 39% of funds ended 2008 above their high-water marks, and at the time it seemed that it might...
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