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LATAM, RUSSIA HEDGE FUNDS LEAD HFRI GAINS
HFRI China Index tops Shanghai Composite; EM hedge fund capital steady through FX volatility
CHICAGO, (May 24, 2016) – Hedge funds investing in Russian and Latin American Emerging Markets (EM) have posted strong gains through early 2016, leading performance through April, as global and EM equity, commodity and currency markets surged in recent weeks following steep losses to begin the year. The HFRI EM: Latin America Index leads all areas of hedge fund performance for 2016 with a gain of +15.3 percent through April, according to the latest HFR Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Industry Report, released today by HFR®, the established global leader in the indexation, analysis and research of the global hedge fund industry.