Japan hedge funds post ‘worst start to year on record’
Asia-focused hedge funds – especially India and Japan strategies – continued their heavy slide last month, while emerging-market and global mandates made slight gains.
Hedge funds focused on global and emerging-market mandates recorded slight gains last month, but Asia strategies continued their 2016 slide. In fact, Japan mandates posted their worst start to a year on record, according to data provider Eurekahedge.
Japan funds lost -3.31% in February to post a -5.49% drop for 2016, by Eurekahedge figures. The declines were even bigger, according to Hedge Fund Research data (-4.00% last month and -6.99% for the year).
India funds are faring eve…
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