Хедж-фонды показали худший месяц за 2026 год, но приток капитала достиг рекордных значений

Hedge funds' bad month, good year: -2.93% in July, a 12-month high in flows, and record low redemptions Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Hedge funds had their worst month of 2026 in July, and investors responded by allocating more money. SS&C Technologies reported that the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index measured -2.93% gross for July 2026. In the same release, the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.92% in August - the seventh consecutive month of positive net inflows. That divergence is the story. It is unusual, and it says something about how allocators are currently reading the industry. What happened in July The -2.93% print is consistent with what other data providers recorded. JPMorgan estimated that global hedge funds gave up almost 3% during the month on the unwinding of technology-related trades, while remaining up roughly 8% for the year across all strategies. The proximate causes were a continuing Iran conflict and a spike in crude prices, which triggered a selloff in chip stocks and a sector rout across Asia, with an index of U.S. tech stocks falling more than 7%. Dispersion was severe. According to JPMorgan, multi-strategy funds held up comparatively well at around -2.2%, while global quantitative equity funds averaged about -5% - the most leveraged strategy the bank tracks, at an assumed 450% leverage. Asia-Pacific stock pickers averaged roughly -9.4%, and Goldman Sachs recorded Asia-focused equity long/short funds down 15...................... To view our full article Click here