UK, Europe Tips Hedge Fund Redemptions to $11b Worldwide in March

(Opalesque) Hedge funds proved unable to turn February’s net inflows into a two-month trend, as March saw $11.0 billion in hedge fund redemptions worldwide, a dramatic shift from February’s $12.1 billion in inflows. Hedge funds’ March outflows represented 0.4% of hedge fund assets, according to the Barclay Fund Flow Indicator, published by BarclayHedge, a division of Backstop Solutions.

March redemptions were fueled by investor fears of a global recession, but also by local factors that made the bulk of redemptions a regional affair. Data from the nearly 7,000 funds included in the BarclayHedge database showed hedge funds in most regions of the world actually experiencing net inflows in February.

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