Hedge funds hit with $66bn losses in February

$57.9bn of trading losses for the month

Mike Sheen
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The global hedge fund industry saw total assets fall by $66bn in February, following $57.9bn of trading losses for the month and a year of large-scale redemptions, BarclayHedge data reveals.

The Barclay Fund Flow Indicator for the month, published on Thursday (17 April), shows that investors pulled $8.1bn from hedge funds in February, bringing net redemptions on a 12-month basis to $84...

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