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Assets under management of hedge funds worldwide 1997-2018
Value of assets managed by hedge funds worldwide from 1997 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
by M. Szmigiera,
last edited
Mar 1, 2019
The statistic shows the value of assets managed by hedge funds worldwide from 1997 to 2018 The assets under management of global hedge funds amounted to 2.9 trillion U.S. dollars in 2018.
Hedge funds are a special type of investment instrument. The main goal of hedge funds is to achieve absolute return, but unlike in case of typical investment funds, they use unconventional methods to gain above average rate of return. The management techniques used by hedge funds can be for example long/short equity, market neutral or relative value arbitrage.
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by M. Szmigiera,
last edited
Mar 1, 2019
The statistic shows the value of assets managed by hedge funds worldwide from 1997 to 2018 The assets under management of global hedge funds amounted to 2.9 trillion U.S. dollars in 2018.
Hedge funds are a special type of investment instrument. The main goal of hedge funds is to achieve absolute return, but unlike in case of typical investment funds, they use unconventional methods to gain above average rate of return. The management techniques used by hedge funds can be for example long/short equity, market neutral or relative value arbitrage.
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