Breadcrumb Home INTERACTIVE May 08, 2009 01:00 AM Table: Top-performing hedge fund categories Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Top-performing hedge fund categoriesAverage returns for first-quarter 2009 for funds with more than $100 million in assets.CategoryReturnConvertible arbitrage12.45%Corporate actions3.28%Multistrategy2.93%Fund of funds - non-directional2.54%U.S. small-cap equity2.23%HF debt arbitrage2.18%Emerging market equity1.68%Global debt1.62%Fund of funds - derivatives0.85%Fund of funds - multistrategy0.84%Developed Asia equity0.32%Fund of funds - equity0.25%Fund of funds - event0.23%Europe equity0.13%Short equity0.13%Global non-trend-0.05%U.S. equity-0.07%Equity arbitrage-0.15%Global equity-1.47%Distressed securities-2.52%Global trend-2.85%Fund of funds - debt-3.23%Source: Morningstar Inc. Recommended for You By the Numbers for February 2021 Top Performing Managers of Stable Value Fixed Income, 4th Quarter 2020 Top Performing Managers of Convertibles, 4th Quarter 2020 Sponsored Content: How will gold react? sponsored Events Sponsored White Papers Shifting DC Times - Winter 2021 Bond ETFs show maturity during Covid market mayhem Pension Consolidation: Optimizing Scale and Maximizing Efficiency China is embarking on a new stage of growth GP-LED OPPORTUNITIES AT THE SMALLER END OF THE MARKET Gold Outlook 2021 View More Sponsored Content Partner Content The Industrialization of ESG Investment For institutional investors, ETFs can make meeting liquidity needs easier Gold: the most effective commodity investment 2021 Investment Outlook | Investing Beyond the Pandemic: A Reset for Portfolios Ten ways retirement plan professionals add value to plan sponsors Gold: an efficient hedge View More