As geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainties intensify, the global macroeconomic outlook is increasingly uncertain. With bond yields falling, however, equities have rallied this year following a difficult Q4 2018. With these tailwinds, hedge funds have had an extremely strong start to 2019, although they did not match the double-digit returns of the S&P 500 PR Index. What’s more, Preqin data indicates that investor appetite for hedge funds is increasing: we have recorded the highest ever quarterly number (220) of investor mandates in Q2 2019.

In this Q2 2019 edition of the Preqin Quarterly Update: Hedge Funds, we present the latest data on performance, fund launches, investor fund searches and the largest managers in the industry.

All of the data in this report is also available to download in Excel format.