Emerging market hedge funds on track for worst year since 2011
By Andrew Whiffin
Emerging market hedge funds are on track for their worst annual performance since 2011 according to Hedge Fund Research, which tracks activity in the sector.
HRF said their Emerging Markets index had fallen 3.7 per cent in October alone. The eighth consecutive month of decline pushed year to date losses to 10.7 per cent, on track to be the worst since the index lost 14 per cent in 2011.