Indices and Reports

Asian hedge funds may be catching up with their Western peers in a lot of ways, but insurance isn't one of them.

Winton Capital Management suffered its second-ever annual loss last year, headlining a difficult year for British quantitative hedge funds.

Hedge funds rose almost 7% last year, ending the year with their strongest month since February, according to data from the Hennessee Group.

Hedge funds added 7.3% in 2012, according to eVestment, and even managed to outperform the S&P 500 TR in Q4.

Hedge funds ended 2012 on a positive note, but one drowned out by a discordant and disappointing year.

Hedge funds pulled in a net $4.7 billion in November (0.3% of assets), according to the latest numbers from BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research.

Hedge funds ended 2012 with broad-based gains, according to the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index.

Hedge funds were up 3.02% in 2012, according to the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch investable hedge fund composite index, trailing the S&P 500 which was up 11.52% as of December 28, 2012.

Hedge funds ended last year strongly, but not nearly strongly enough to avoid a disappointing 2012.

Hedge funds limped to a disappointing finish in 2012, returning less than 7%, according to an industry replication index.