Fixed income hedge funds were the best performing South African hedge fund category in May, adding a median 0.86% for the month, while the broader HedgeNews Africa Single Manager Composite gained 0.26%.
By comparison, the FTSE/JSE All Share Index slipped -0.27% and South Africa’s All Bond Index rose 2.86%. The MSCI World Index added 4.37% and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose 9.49%.
In other categories, single-manager multi-strategy funds gained a median 0.37% for the month, while market neutral and quantitative funds came in flat. Long/short equity funds dipped a median -0.9%.
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