Investors allocated $4.2 billion of new capital to Asia-focused hedge fund during the fourth quarter of 2013 – the largest quarterly net inflows since Hedge Fund Research began tracking the data in 2008.
Full-year net inflows, which totaled $10.5 billion (also a record) were up substantially from 2012 ($4 million) and up 58% from 2011 ($6.6 billion).
According to HFR, equity hedge and event-driven funds led all strategies with 2013 net inflows of $6.9 billion and $2.2 billion, respectively.
