South African hedge funds had a good month, with the HedgeNews Africa South African Single-Manager Composite adding 1.15% to reflect a year-to-date gain of 4.31%.
By comparison the FTSE/JSE All Share Index added 0.96% and the All Bond Index rose 0.75% while the MSCI World Index gained 4.23% and MSCI Emerging Markets Index added 0.29%.
South African fixed income hedge funds were the strongest category, adding a median 2.25% in May, while long/short equity funds added a median 1.12%.
Single-manager multi-strategy funds gained 1.07% in May, while market neutral and quantitative funds delivered a median return of 0.57%.
Amongst pan-Africa funds, the HedgeNews Africa pan African median was 5.32% higher for the month.
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