Over 90% Of Global Hedge Funds Are Positive About Economic Prospects For Next 12 Months Date
UK – UK-based funds confidence levels up 60% since December 2020.
The AIMA Hedge Fund Confidence Index (HFCI) is a new global index which measures the level of confidence that hedge funds have in the economic prospects of their business over the next 12 months.
AIMA today announces that according to the March 2021 HFCI, over 90% of participants cited a positive confidence measure when asked to choose from a range of -50 to +50, where +50 indicates the highest possible level of economic confidence for the firm over the next 12-month period and -50 indicates the lowest level of economic confidence for the firm over the same period.
Over 70 per cent of hedge fund firms are confident about business prospects in 2021, says new AIMA HFCI index
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18/12/2020 - 10:16am
Over 70 per cent of hedge fund firms are positive about their business prospects for the coming year, according to AIMA s new Hedge Fund Confidence Index (HFCI).
The average measure for hedge fund firms globally is +14 on a scale of -50 to +50, while firms in the Americas – including Latin America – are the most confident recording a score of +20. By comparison, the average score for EMEA firms is +10, while APAC respondents indicated a confidence rating of +11.
Smaller firms meanwhile – those managing up to USD1 billion – are more confident than larger firms, recording a confidence rating of +17 compared to +11 for those managing in excess of USD1 billion.