Indices and Reports

While the media focuses on the biggest, most-spectacular hedge fund blow-ups, smaller hedge funds have borne the brunt of the current market difficulties.

Despite a negative outlook for the U.S. economy in 2008, hedge fund managers are expecting strong capital inflows, increased fund launches and fewer fund closings for the remainder of the year.

Fresh off of a year in which they poured record amounts of money into hedge funds, investors were a good deal more reticent about continuing to do so in the first quarter.

Managed futures lost 0.36% in March but remain up 7.09% for the quarter, according to the Barclay CTA Index.

Global hedge funds assets reached $2.65 trillion at the beginning of 2008, with over 390 firms in the Billion-Dollar Club, according to a new report.

Hedge fund strategies lost ground in March, contributing to the first negative first quarter performance on record.

Hedge fund inflows rebounded somewhat in February, as the industry brought in more new money than it had in several months.

Hedge funds are bracing for a recession and further meltdowns this year, and are putting more of their assets into distressed debt, according to a new survey.

All six hedge fund strategies in the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes posted losses in March 2008, ending the first quarter in negative territory.

Mergers and acquisitions in the global asset management industry from January to March were at an all-time high despite a worldwide slump in capital markets.