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Hedge fund strategy returns under positive interest rates

US short-term interest rates were close to zero in 2009–2015 and again in 2020–2021. Since 2022 they have risen, peaking at 5.25–5.50% in 2023–2024 and standing at 3.50–4.00% in 2026. Fourteen strategy indices are examined over thirty years. For each one the report answers a single question: how much of the return since 2022 comes from the level of interest rates, and how much from the work of the strategy itself.

September 2026
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Principal result
02 / 17

Return per unit of risk has recovered unevenly

Across fourteen strategy indices the average return per unit of volatility fell from 2.01 in 1997–2007 to 0.55 in 2008–2014. It has since recovered to 1.46 in 2022–2026, above the 0.98 of 2015–2021. The recovery is not evenly distributed: it is concentrated in strategies that trade price discrepancies between related assets, and limited in long-biased equity and emerging-market strategies (0.76 to 0.83 and 0.62 to 0.66).

Return per unit of risk, 2022–2026
1.46
Average of fourteen indices
The same measure, 2008–2014
0.55
Minimum over the sample
Trend following, 2026
+14.18%
SG Trend Index, year to date
Average correlation of strategies
0.61
against 0.70 in 2008–2014
Equity market neutral
3.02
Convertible arbitrage
0.87
Distressed securities
-0.30
Technology sector
-0.80
Change in return per unit of risk, 2015–2021 to 2022–2026: two largest and two smallest values  [01]
Evidence
Equity market neutral recorded the largest gain: return rose from 1.83% to 7.11% a year while the volatility of the index fell from 2.12% to 1.83% [01].
Interpretation
Two candidate factors coincide: interest earned on the cash a fund holds, and the dispersion of returns across individual shares (not measured in this report). The first raises the result of any strategy holding a large cash balance; the second only of those trading price discrepancies.
Decision implication
Request the return excluding interest earned on cash balances and verify that the improvement remains.
Caveat
The 2022–2026 period contains 54 months against 84 in the previous one, so the gain is comparable to the estimation error. The direction of change is supported; its magnitude is not. Indices include only funds that report.
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Sources of return
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Four sources of return that do not depend on manager judgement

The name of a strategy carries little information. The substantive question is which market event must occur before the position produces a return.

Momentum in price

Trend following

Buys assets whose price has risen and sells those whose price has fallen; position size is set by current market volatility. The distribution of results is asymmetric: rare large gains cover frequent small losses.

Requires sustained directional moves across many unrelated markets. Ineffective when prices move sideways.
Deviation from a fair level

Mean reversion

Assumes a stable reference level for a price or spread and takes positions against departures from it. The distribution is the inverse of trend following: frequent small gains and rare large losses.

Requires the reference level to hold. The principal risk is a change in the underlying relationship, not drawdown.
Relative mispricing across a cross-section

Statistical arbitrage

Ranks hundreds of securities on shared factors and takes positions in the part of the return those factors do not explain, holding market exposure near zero. The result is determined by dispersion within the group, not by index direction.

Requires dispersion of returns and availability of stock for short sale. The result declines as correlation within the index rises.
A dated, contractual outcome

Merger and event arbitrage

Buys shares of the target and shorts those of the acquirer, receiving the spread when the deal closes. The payoff structure resembles insurance: a regular premium against rare losses when deals fail.

Requires a sufficient number of announced deals and predictable antitrust review. Depends on regulatory decisions rather than the level of market prices.
Evidence
The sources of return on this sheet have opposite distributions: trend following produces rare large gains, mean reversion and both arbitrage strategies frequent small ones.
Interpretation
A portfolio built only from the second type shows a steady result for several years and then loses a large share of its value in one quarter: every position is exposed to the same rare event.
Decision implication
The combination of the two distributions should be set deliberately. A trend allocation is the least costly hedge for arbitrage positions.
Caveat
The distribution of results is a property of the source of return, not of the manager. The use of borrowed funds amplifies it.
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Sources of return
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Four sources of return that depend on manager judgement

Funds carrying the same strategy label may hold portfolios with no material overlap. The only way to distinguish them is to decompose the realised return by source.

A view on policy and the cycle

Global macro

Takes positions in interest rates, currencies and commodities through liquid futures and options; decisions are made either by the manager or by a formal model. The source of return is the accuracy of the monetary policy forecast, and risk is usually concentrated in a few positions.

Requires divergence in the policy of different central banks.
Selection plus a variable net

Equity long/short

Holds long and short positions within a selected group of shares and deliberately manages the portfolio's overall exposure to the market. The result combines stock selection with that exposure multiplied by market direction.

Stock selection requires dispersion of returns; market exposure requires a rising market. Which of the two produced the result is material.
A corporate process

Event driven and distressed

Works with restructurings, spin-offs, discrepancies between the prices of a single company's shares and bonds, and bankruptcies, where the timetable is set by legal process rather than price movement.

Requires a sufficient number of companies in financial distress.
An internal capital allocator

Multi-strategy

Runs several of the above strategies under a common set of risk limits and reallocates capital toward those that perform under current conditions. Offers the investor stability of outcome rather than a single source of return.

Requires a broad set of strategies and an operative system of risk limits; otherwise the result is produced by borrowed funds at an additional layer of fees.
Evidence
These four strategies cannot be assessed from a return series alone: a single label covers portfolios with materially different risk composition.
Interpretation
For this reason results of individual macro and long/short managers can differ widely from their index; the index-level data used here cannot show this.
Decision implication
Where the manager makes the decisions, the process and the risk limits should be assessed rather than past returns; where decisions are formalised, the order is reversed.
Caveat
Multi-strategy funds report as a single line while combining all of the sources of return considered here. Their index does not allow the components of the result to be separated.
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Prevalence
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Distribution of funds across strategies: equity strategies predominate

Funds reporting to each strategy index are counted. The measure is approximate but reflects the actual distribution of managers across strategies: more funds work with equities than with all arbitrage strategies combined [06]. This is a separate August 2026 snapshot covering a different index set from the return tables.

StrategyFundsYTD Aug 2026Aug 2026
Equity long bias
2089.68%1.65%
Emerging markets
1257.98%2.56%
Fund of funds
1117.69%1.23%
Equity long/short
949.92%1.28%
Multi-strategy
757.46%1.33%
Balanced (stocks & bonds)
747.86%1.61%
Global macro
628.58%3.34%
Event driven
575.19%0.67%
Equity market neutral
443.03%-0.16%
Merger arbitrage
312.78%0.59%
European equities
256.84%1.97%
Healthcare & biotechnology
2113.28%4.59%
Technology sector
1519.97%5.23%
Option strategies
148.45%1.40%
Evidence
Equity long bias reports 208 funds and equity long/short 94, against 7 in convertible arbitrage and 7 in fixed income arbitrage in the same snapshot (not listed in the table).
Interpretation
One plausible explanation is capacity: arbitrage opportunities are limited in size, while equity strategies scale with the market. The count alone does not establish this.
Decision implication
Where a strategy contains few funds, the manager should be asked for the capacity limit and the conditions for closing to new capital. The number of funds is not in itself grounds for avoiding a strategy.
Caveat
The count is of funds, not of assets under management. A single large fund may manage more capital than an entire row of the table.
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Empirical evidence
06 / 17

Return per unit of risk by period

Every index is split into four regimes: the pre-crisis decade, the post-crisis deleveraging, the low-rate period and the period of positive rates since 2022. Comparison across columns identifies which strategies depend on the regime [01].

Return / risk1997-20072008-20142015-20212022-2026
Months of data132848454
All strategies (composite)1.920.440.910.98
Equity market neutral2.380.890.873.89
Convertible arbitrage2.370.651.212.08
Fixed income arbitrage2.220.551.772.33
Merger arbitrage2.771.191.241.92
Equity long/short1.730.640.951.74
Equity long bias1.230.340.760.83
Global macro1.820.650.841.55
Event driven1.950.670.780.79
Multi-strategy3.740.780.821.16
Distressed securities2.200.400.890.59
Emerging markets1.04-0.070.620.66
Fund of funds1.90-0.030.601.20
Technology sector0.920.581.520.72
Evidence
The equal-weighted average of the table is 2.01 → 0.55 → 0.98 → 1.46.
Interpretation
Values for 1997–2007 are overstated: the sample of funds was smaller, reporting came mainly from successful funds, and the 2000–2002 equity bear market rewarded any hedged position. The column should be treated as an upper bound rather than a norm.
Decision implication
A manager should be compared with the 2022–2026 value for its own strategy rather than with an average spanning the whole sample.
Caveat
The periods differ in length: 132, 84, 84 and 54 months. The final column rests on half the data of the first, and its estimation error is correspondingly larger. In addition, the risk-free rate is not subtracted, so in periods of high rates every value in that column is overstated.
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Empirical evidence
07 / 17

Summary characteristics of strategies, 1997–2026

Compound annual return, annualised volatility of monthly returns, the ratio of the two, the largest decline from an achieved maximum, and the share of positive months over 354 months (January 1997–June 2026) [01].

Percent a yearRatioPercent
StrategyCAGRVolatilityReturn / riskLargest declinePositive months
All strategies (composite)7.997.001.14-24.168.4
Equity market neutral4.942.801.76-6.374.0
Convertible arbitrage7.015.541.26-31.575.1
Fixed income arbitrage5.594.311.30-29.180.5
Merger arbitrage6.633.751.77-8.479.1
Equity long/short8.516.641.28-14.267.2
Equity long bias9.4011.220.84-34.464.7
Global macro7.195.571.29-8.162.7
Event driven8.017.021.14-19.668.9
Multi-strategy7.244.591.58-19.374.0
Distressed securities7.166.691.07-35.369.8
Emerging markets7.8012.880.61-42.564.1
Fund of funds5.085.320.96-23.265.5
Technology sector11.6813.080.89-38.062.1
Evidence
Convertible arbitrage posts a high share of positive months (75.1%) alongside a -31.5% drawdown.
Interpretation
This combination is characteristic of strategies with an insurance-like payoff structure: a regular small return and a rare large loss.
Decision implication
Where the share of positive months is high, the size of the largest monthly loss should be established, along with whether the manager was active during that period.
Caveat
Monthly data understate declines occurring within a month. The actual low of 2008 was below the figures shown.
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Empirical evidence
08 / 17

Accumulated value of an index investment, 1997–2026

Value of a notional investment in each index from January 1997 with income reinvested. The final values differ less because of average return than because of the depth and duration of the declines along the way [01].

Multiple of capital invested
Equity long biasEquity market neutralGlobal macroConvertible arbitrage
×1×3×10200020052010201520202025
Growth of one unit invested, log scale, monthly index returns, 1997–2026 [01]
Equity long bias
×14.2
9.4% a year over 29.5 years
Equity market neutral
×4.1
4.9% a year over 29.5 years
Global macro
×7.8
7.2% a year over 29.5 years
Convertible arbitrage
×7.4
7.0% a year over 29.5 years
Evidence
Equity long bias produces the highest final value, but its path includes two declines of more than 30%. Equity market neutral reaches a lower final value along a path with shallow declines (at most 6.3%), though recovery from the deepest one took 45 months.
Interpretation
A smooth path permits the use of borrowed funds and is compatible with redemption obligations; a path with deep declines is not. This difference matters more than the gap in final value.
Decision implication
Comparison of strategies should begin with the shape of the path and only then address position size. Final return does not indicate whether the path was acceptable to the investor.
Caveat
The index path assumes monthly reallocation across all reporting funds, which is not available to an individual investor.
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Empirical evidence
09 / 17

Decline from the previously achieved maximum

Average annual return does not show the size or duration of the declines that determine whether an investor retains the position. The same series measured from the previous maximum [01].

Below previous peak
Equity long biasConvertible arbitrageFixed income arbitrageEquity market neutral
-30%-20%-10%0%200020052010201520202025
Decline from the previous peak, %, monthly index data, 1997–2026 [01]
Equity long bias
-34.4%
38 months back to the previous peak
Convertible arbitrage
-31.5%
23 months back to the previous peak
Fixed income arbitrage
-29.1%
48 months back to the previous peak
Equity market neutral
-6.3%
45 months back to the previous peak
Evidence
Convertible arbitrage fell 31.5% in 2008 despite 75.1% positive months; long-biased equity fell 34.4%.
Interpretation
For arbitrage strategies the loss is concentrated in a single short episode; for equity strategies it accumulates gradually. The first is caused by restricted access to borrowed funds, the second by a market decline.
Decision implication
Beyond the size of the 2008 loss, the share of borrowed funds in the position should be established. For a fund with regular redemptions the length of recovery matters more than the depth of the decline.
Caveat
The data are monthly, so the actual low within a month is below the level shown.
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Trend following
10 / 17

Trend following: return recovered at lower volatility

The SG Trend Index compounded 1.59% a year in 2015–2021 and 7.94% a year since 2022. The gain from the start of 2026 is 14.18% [03,04,05].

2022
+27.35%
SG Trend
2023
-4.11%
SG Trend
2026, year to date
+14.18%
SG Trend
Volatility 2026
10.4%
annualised, from daily data
Cumulative since 2000
SG TrendSG CTASG Short-Term
0%100%200%300%200020052010201520202025
Cumulative return since 2000, %, annual index returns [03,04,05]
Evidence
Annualised volatility of the index fell from 17.4% in 2000 to 10.4% in 2026, while the return for 2022 was 27.35%.
Interpretation
Managers set a target level of volatility and hold to it, so the lower volatility reflects a smaller scale of risk taken rather than a change in the strategy itself.
Decision implication
Trend strategies can be compared only after adjustment to a common target volatility. Strategies targeting 10% and 20% volatility are not directly comparable.
Caveat
Short-term strategies show only a modest recovery: -0.82% a year in 2015–2021 and 2.09% since 2022. Shortening the holding period has not improved the result.
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Arbitrage strategies
11 / 17

Arbitrage strategies: large but uneven gains in return per unit of risk

A substantial part of these funds' assets is typically held in cash instruments and short-term bonds until the event on which the position is built. With US policy rates at 3.50–5.50% since late 2022 rather than near zero, such holdings add a return unrelated to the strategy itself.

Return per unit of risk
Equity market neutralConvertible arbitrageFixed income arbitrageMerger arbitrage
12341997-20072008-20142015-20212022-2026
Return per unit of volatility by epoch [01]
Return per unit of riskAnnual return, %
Strategy1997-20072008-20142015-20212022-202620242025H1 2026
Equity market neutral2.380.890.873.8912.138.522.87
Convertible arbitrage2.370.651.212.089.5310.896.62
Fixed income arbitrage2.220.551.772.3311.427.764.22
Merger arbitrage2.771.191.241.924.447.361.99
Multi-strategy3.740.780.821.166.5410.468.24
Evidence
Equity market neutral: 0.87 return per unit of risk in 2015–2021 against 3.89 since. Fixed income arbitrage: 1.77 against 2.33.
Interpretation
Two candidate factors: interest earned on the cash held, and the dispersion of returns across individual shares, which is what arbitrage strategies trade (not measured in this report).
Decision implication
Request a decomposition of return into interest earned on cash and the result of the positions themselves. If the gain disappears without the first component, the source of the result is the level of rates rather than the strategy.
Caveat
Merger arbitrage gained less (1.24 to 1.92): its result depends more on deal flow and regulatory approvals than on the level of rates.
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Macro & CTA styles
12 / 17

Directional strategies: the gain requires decomposition by source

Return per unit of risk rose for both macro and long/short strategies. Assessment requires separating the component attributable to stock selection from the component explained by the direction of the market [01].

Return per unit of risk
Equity long/shortEquity long biasGlobal macroEmerging markets
00.511.51997-20072008-20142015-20212022-2026
Return per unit of volatility by epoch [01]
Return per unit of riskAnnual return, %
Strategy1997-20072008-20142015-20212022-202620242025H1 2026
Equity long/short1.730.640.951.749.1614.019.42
Equity long bias1.230.340.760.8314.9717.959.48
Global macro1.820.650.841.559.1812.625.74
Emerging markets1.04-0.070.620.6610.3619.787.09
Event driven1.950.670.780.797.408.276.12
Distressed securities2.200.400.890.5912.243.721.39
Evidence
Global macro went from 0.84 to 1.55 return per unit of risk; equity long/short from 0.95 to 1.74.
Interpretation
The macro result is determined by divergence in central bank policy, which the 2022–2026 cycle of tightening and subsequent easing supplied. Long/short strategies gained both from dispersion of returns and from the rising index.
Decision implication
Request a decomposition of the 2022–2026 return into market exposure and stock selection. If market direction explains most of the result, the investor is paying active management fees for a return available through an index fund.
Caveat
Distressed securities are the exception: 2.67% a year since 2022, the lowest 2022–2026 return of any index in the table. The index rests on very few reporting funds, so a handful of managers drive the result.
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Macro & CTA styles
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Returns of managed futures have declined since the 1980s

Compound annual return was 16.6% in 1980–1996, 1.4% in 2015–2021 and 4.0% in 2022–2026. Every sub-group remains far below its first-period level [02].

Annual return
CTA compositeSystematicDiscretionaryCurrency
0%5%10%15%1980-19961997-20072008-20142015-20212022-2026
Compound annual return by epoch, % [02]
Compound annual return, %
Strategy1980-19961997-20072008-20142015-20212022-2026
CTA composite16.645.613.041.434.02
Systematic14.665.623.240.773.65
Discretionary15.834.263.413.005.70
Diversified14.716.833.870.664.59
Currency12.864.322.292.675.66
Financials & metals18.664.891.861.192.14
Agricultural15.830.854.933.04-0.30
Evidence
Every sub-group, including managers who decide without formal models, remains far below its 1987–1996 level.
Interpretation
The similar decline across formalised and non-formalised strategies is consistent with a shared cause, such as narrower bid-ask spreads and a larger number of participants, rather than the models used alone.
Decision implication
Results obtained before 2000 are not comparable with current ones: bid-ask spreads were many times wider, orders were executed on the trading floor, and the number of participants was substantially smaller.
Caveat
Figures for 1980–1996 are calculated from a small sample of reporting funds and are overstated because funds that ceased operating are absent. Sub-style indices start in 1987; the 2022–2026 column treats partial 2026 as a full year. The direction of change is informative, the level is not.
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Correlation
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Correlation between strategies has fallen from its 2008–2014 peak but not been eliminated

Average pairwise correlation of monthly returns across the fourteen indices reached 0.70 in 2008–2014 and stands at 0.61 in 2022–2026 [01].

1997-2007
0.59
average pairwise monthly correlation
2008-2014
0.70
average pairwise monthly correlation
2015-2021
0.66
average pairwise monthly correlation
2022-2026
0.61
average pairwise monthly correlation
Pair1997-20072008-20142015-20212022-2026
Equity long bias vs composite0.950.980.980.98
Composite vs emerging markets0.840.960.900.81
Market neutral vs long bias0.350.420.280.34
Merger arb vs long bias0.630.700.730.72
Global macro vs long bias0.680.640.700.68
Fixed income arb vs macro0.280.330.440.30
Correlation
Equity long bias vs compositeComposite vs emerging marketsMarket neutral vs long biasMerger arb vs long bias
0.40.60.811997-20072008-20142015-20212022-2026
Monthly correlation of each pair, by epoch [01]
Evidence
Equity long bias moves almost in step with the composite (0.95–0.98) in every period, while equity market neutral stays at 0.28–0.42 against long bias.
Interpretation
The benefit of allocating across strategies is real but limited: it arises only with a substantial share of strategies unrelated to equities.
Decision implication
Several funds working with equities constitute a single position. What should be counted is the number of sources of return, not the number of managers.
Caveat
Monthly data understate the joint behaviour of strategies during market stress: strategies weakly related under normal conditions decline together within a single week.
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Attribution
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Four explanations for the gain in return, two of them testable

The rise in returns coincided with several changes in market conditions. Two of the four explanations are testable against index data; the others remain unverified.

Policy rate

Supported

Cash held by a fund and proceeds from short sales have yielded roughly 3.5–5.5% a year since late 2022 (3.50–4.00% in 2026). Any strategy with a substantial cash balance receives this component regardless of the quality of management.

Deduct interest earned on cash from total return before comparing with results from 2019.

Dispersion inside indices

Not measured

The dispersion of returns across individual shares may have widened after 2022; this report does not measure it. This quantity directly determines the result of market-neutral and statistical arbitrage strategies.

Establish which securities produced this result and whether the dispersion persists in 2026.

Participation and execution cost

Long-run

Results of the 1980s were obtained with wide bid-ask spreads and manual order execution. The decline through 2021 is similar for formalised and non-formalised strategies, which makes model design unlikely to be the sole cause.

Treat results obtained under a different market structure as not comparable.

Machine learning

Cannot be tested

The adoption of machine learning rose in the same years as the rise in rates and the widening of dispersion. Index data do not allow the contribution of these factors to be separated.

Request results for the period preceding the adoption of machine learning.
Evidence
Two of the four factors leave a measurable trace in index data; two do not.
Interpretation
The rise in rates and the widening of dispersion coincided with the adoption of machine learning, so index data do not allow the gain to be attributed between these factors.
Decision implication
A claim that the result was produced by machine learning should be treated as unverified until data from the period before adoption allow it to be separated from the effects of rates and dispersion.
Caveat
Absence of confirmation at index level does not imply absence of the effect at the level of an individual fund: aggregate data do not reflect the results of particular managers.
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Conclusion
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Principal findings

Four findings applicable to manager assessment and portfolio construction.

Return per unit of risk has recovered

The measure has risen from its 2008–2014 minimum and now exceeds the level of the low-rate period (2015–2021). The gain is concentrated in strategies that hold a substantial cash balance and trade price discrepancies; in long-biased equity and emerging-market strategies it is small.

Trend following earns at lower volatility

Return has recovered while the volatility of the result is about 40% below the level of 2000. This affects position size rather than the case for holding the position. Short-term strategies show only a modest recovery.

The decline in futures returns is unlikely to be caused by models alone

It is similar for formalised and non-formalised strategies, which points to a change in trading conditions such as narrower bid-ask spreads and a larger number of participants.

Most funds work with equities

In the August 2026 snapshot equity strategies report far more funds than arbitrage strategies. Where capacity is limited, this constrains the size of an allocation but is not grounds for avoiding such strategies.

A substantial part of the 2022–2026 gain is explained by market conditions rather than by the actions of managers. Before allocating, request the return excluding interest earned on cash: the remainder characterises the strategy itself.

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Sources
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Data sources

Six groups of indices, retrieved in September 2026.

Limitations of the estimates

Sample composition
Indices include only funds that report and continue to operate. Funds that have ceased activity leave the sample, so the level of every index is overstated.
Fees
Index returns are reported net of constituent fund or programme fees (BarclayHedge methodology; SG CTA methodology, "net of all fees"), not gross. They do not reflect every additional fee, tax or trading cost a particular investor may incur.
Early futures period
Figures for 1980–1996 are calculated from a small sample. The direction of change is informative, the level of return is not.
This document is research commentary prepared by BlackRidge. It is not investment advice, an offer, or a solicitation. The cited BarclayHedge and SG index returns are reported net of constituent fund or programme fees, not gross. They do not account for every fee, tax or trading cost a particular investor may incur. These indices include self-reporting funds and programmes; past performance does not indicate future results.
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Citation context

Across fourteen strategy indices the average return per unit of volatility fell from 2.01 in 1997–2007 to 0.55 in 2008–2014. It has since recovered to 1.46 in 2022–2026, above the 0.98 of 2015–2021. The recovery is not evenly distributed: it is concentrated in strategies that trade price discrepancies between related assets, and absent in strategies whose return is determined by the direction of the equity market.

Sample and method: fourteen hedge fund strategy indices over thirty years, split by interest-rate regime.

Limits: the 2022-2026 period contains 54 months against 84 in the previous one, so the gain is comparable to the estimation error. The direction of change is supported; its magnitude is not. Indices include only funds that report.

Primary input: BarclayHedge — Hedge Fund Indices (monthly, 1997–2026).

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