Preqin’s latest report revealed that hedge funds focusing on the Asia-Pacific region posted significant returns in January and February 2013, posting 3.97 percent and 2.18 percent in each month respectively.
This is in comparison to North American and European hedge funds, which posted only 0.61 percent and 1.24 percent in February respectively.
Asia-Pacific hedge funds outperformed other regions over the last 12 months, returning 10.71 percent compared to 9.37 percent for North America-focused hedge funds and 6.88 percent for Europe-focused hedge funds.
Performance for hedge funds across all strategies and regions declined from 2.47 percent in January to 0.39 percent in February.
Emerging markets-focused funds posted negative returns in February of -0.08 percent. Funds of hedge funds across all strategies and regions posted only 0.05 percent in February, after a strong January with returns of 2.10 percent.
79 percent of investors also stated that they believed that hedge fund performance in 2013 will beat that of 2012.
