Monthly Hedge Fund Asset Flow Data by Strategy

We estimate the hedge fund industry posted an inflow of $4.0 billion (0.3% of assets) in May after posting an outflow of $3.4 billion (0.3% of assets) in April. Thanks to poor performance - hedge funds posted a negative return of 3.1% in May, the first since February 2009 - industry assets decreased for the first time since July 2009. Total hedge fund assets stand at $1.6 trillion, 31.3% south of the record $2.3 trillion in June 2008. We estimate that funds of hedge funds posted an inflow of $26 million (0.005% of assets) in May, the third straight inflow. In fact, funds of funds (down 2.1%) outperformed hedge funds (down 3.1%) in May for the first time since February 2009. Commodity trading advisors (CTAs) are also gaining traction. They posted inflows of $681 million (0.3% of assets) in May and $2.6 billion (1.2% of assets) in the past three months.

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The Hedge Fund Flow Report combines the accuracy of the BarclayHedge database with the analytical insight of TrimTabs Investment Research.

The report is generated by TrimTabs Investment Research using the most current data on 4996 hedge funds. An annual subscription, priced at only $2,200, includes 12 monthly updates as well as a spreadsheet containing historical flow aggregates by category.