Hedge Funds Outperform Equities and Bonds: 2015

Wealth Professional

Hedge funds finished last year up 2.42%, beating equities and bonds on an absolute and risk-adjusted basis, according to an analysis of performance data by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).

AIMA said the analysis, based on returns reported to HedgeFund Intelligence (HFI) by funds with total assets under management (AUM) of roughly $1.1 trillion, represented one of the most comprehensive assessments of the global hedge fund industry’s performance last year.

The analysis includes the first measurement of the industry’s risk-adjusted performance in 2015.

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