Hedge Funds 2009
Date : 07/04/2009
Category : Financial Sector
Assets under management of the hedge fund industry fell by nearly 30% in 2008 to $1,500bn. The decline, the biggest on record, was due to a combination of negative performance, surge in redemptions and liquidations of funds. A further fall in assets under management of over 20% is possible in 2009 as some hedge funds, particularly in the US, had suspended redemptions late in 2008. The decline in assets during 2008 was split relatively equally between negative performance and asset outflows. On a regional level, redemptions were more responsible for a fall in assets in Europe and emerging markets, while in the US and Japan, losses on investments accounted for a bigger proportion of the decline. Asia saw the highest rate of liquidations.