Indices and Reports

Demand for seed capital has risen and institutional hedge fund investors are showing an increasing willingness to meet it, according to the latest survey from the Preqin research group.

Expect a surge of hedge fund money into the commodities market next year, if hedge fund managers themselves are to be believed.

The hedge fund industry employs an estimated 300,000 people worldwide, according to the calculations of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).

Not surprisingly, the bulk of those hedge fund jobs—240,000—is in North America; 50,000 are in Europe; and 10,000 in Asia-Pacific.

Another major hedge fund index shows that hedge funds rose last month, rather than fell, as some early benchmarks indicated.

Hedge funds lost some ground last month, dragged down by several strategies that took it on the chin in November, according to Dow Jones Indexes and Credit Suisse.

IndexIQ's suite of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indices tracked the hedge fund index to a loss in November.

There's a split among hedge fund indices for November. While the earliest reporters announced a fairly substantial loss for the average hedge fund, two other industry benchmarks show a small gain for the industry.

Hedge funds took a hit last month and find themselves well behind the broader markets on the year, according to Lyxor Asset Management's industry benchmarks.

Hedge funds suffered their worst month since May's "flash crash" in November, according to the Bloomberg Aggregate Hedge Fund Index.

Hedge funds are unlikely to enjoy a second-straight year of double-digit returns after losing significant ground in November.