Insights
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Pivotal Point of View – October 2024
Hedge funds continue to deliver. Since January 2020, the PivotalPath Composite Index has annualized returns of 7.8%, with a Sharpe Ratio of 1.64, while most importantly, generating alpha of ~6.4% per annum (with a beta of only 0.12).
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Hedge Fund Industry Trends In Q3 & The Evolving Fee Landscape
PivotalPath’s quarterly webinars bring together the best in hedge fund data, with the most influential industry voices.
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Pivotal Point of View – September 2024
Every month, on behalf of over $340B in client hedge fund capital, PivotalPath tracks over 2,800 institutionally-relevant hedge funds, spanning >$3T of industry assets. Our monthly report contextualizes these data points and identifies trends to help gain unique insight into the hedge fund industry. 2024 Hedge Fund Performance Strategy Highlights: Equity indices continues to make […]
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Pivotal Point of View – August 2024
Every month, on behalf of over $300B in client hedge fund capital, PivotalPath tracks over 2,800 institutionally-relevant hedge funds, spanning >$3T of industry assets. Our monthly report contextualizes these data points and identifies trends to help gain unique insight into the hedge fund industry. 2024 Hedge Fund Performance Strategy Highlights: Equity Indices continue to make […]
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Pivotal Point of View – July 2024
Every month, on behalf of over $300B in client hedge fund capital, PivotalPath tracks over 2,800 institutionally-relevant hedge funds, spanning >$3T of industry assets. Our monthly report contextualizes these data points and identifies trends to help gain unique insight into the hedge fund industry. 2024 Hedge Fund Performance Strategy Highlights: Equity Quant’s consistency continues to […]
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Hedge Fund Industry Trends & Building Better Benchmarks Webinar
PivotalPath and guests from Innocap, Aima and Ellington discuss H1’s key performance, strategy and allocator trends and the thorny issue of how ‘faulty’ indices have led to a disconnect between funds and their investors.
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Pivotal Point of View – June 2024
The PivotalPath Composite Index appreciated 1.1% in May and is up 6.1% YTD. The Index continues to generate positive alpha of 6.3% relative to the S&P 500 (S&P) over the last 12 months, even as equity markets declined in April and recovered in May.
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Pivotal Point of View – May 2024
The PivotalPath Composite Index declined 0.2% in April and is up 4.9% YTD. The Index continues to generate positive alpha of 6.3% relative to the S&P 500 (S&P) over the last 12 months, even as equity markets declined in April.
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Pivotal Point of View – April 2024
The PivotalPath Composite Index rose 2.1% in March and is up 5.1% through Q1. The Index continues to generate positive alpha of 5.6% relative to the S&P 500 (S&P) over the last 12 months, even as equity markets soar.
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Pivotal Point of View – March 2024
The PivotalPath Composite Index rose 2.1% in February, building on its January return of 1.1% and 2023’s return of 7.6%. The Index continues to generate positive alpha of 3.4% relative to the S&P 500 (S&P) over the last 12 months even as equity markets soar.
Read Full article to learn about Hedge Fund Performance.
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A Bias-Free Assessment of the Hedge Fund Industry
A New Evaluation of Total Assets, Alphas, and the Flow-Performance Relation.
We combine data from six leading commercial hedge fund vendor databases with confidential regulatory filings to provide a comprehensive evaluation of hedge fund industry size, performance, and investor flows.
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Pivotal Point of View – February 2024
The PivotalPath Composite Index rose 1.1% in January, building on the 2023 return of 7.6%
Read Full article to learn about Hedge Fund Performance.
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Pivotal Point of View – January 2024
The PivotalPath Composite Index rose 2.0% in December, bringing the Index to
+7.7% in 2023.
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Pivotal Point of View – December 2023
The PivotalPath Composite Index rose 2.0% in November, bringing the Index to
+5.8% YTD. The Index continues to generate positive alpha of 3.9% relative to the
S&P 500 (S&P) over the last 12 months.
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Managed Futures Exposure to Treasuries Historically Negative
The swift rally across the curve had a large negative impact on funds that were short Treasuries, including managed futures funds/CTAs. Of note is that February 2021 represents a turning point for the Managed Futures sector, which has been historically mostly long bonds, until then.
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The Volatility Effect on Hedge Funds
This is part three of a series in which PivotalPath parses hedge fund performance under macroeconomic regimes.
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