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11.13.2017
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(Some) Hedge Funds Soar

11.13.2017

Some ‘name’ hedge funds are putting up market-trouncing returns in 2017, helping the industry report its best performance in at least four years in a surprise rebound, Reuters reported.

Managers such as Larry Robbins, Philippe Laffont and Chase Coleman rode bull markets and decreased correlation between securities to score profits of at least 20% through the end of October, Reuters reported.

Charlottesville-based investor Jaffray Woodriff used short-term stock bets to score a 68.3% gain n in a key fund of his $4 billion Quantitative Investment Management. By comparison, the S&P 500 Index was up 15 percent, more than double the benchmark HFRI hedge fund index, which was up 7.23 percent through October, its best annual return since at least 2013.

The last few years have been littered with hedge fund managers who charged steep fees and often promised heady returns only to lose money for investors or close shop entirely, Reuters reported. A roaring stock market and the rise of low-cost investment tools, such as index funds, have also hit the industry.

 The mega winners this year offer some hope for investors and managers who believe in the industry, though the big outperformers are still few, and it is likely too early to tell if their successes signal a broad return to the bumper profits that made hedge funds famous, especially since the pressures facing the $3 trillion hedge fund industry remain.

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