Lyxor’s award winning managed account platform has a good history of surviving and thriving through crises. It was born in 1998, the year of the Asian crisis; it met redemption requests in 2008, the year of the Great Financial Crisis; it on-boarded leading hedge fund managers through the European debt crisis of 2011-2012, and its managers have generated resilient performance in the first half of 2020, during the coronavirus crisis.
“We are pleased that alternative UCITS hedge funds have performed well in absolute terms, and that our funds have generally outperformed the industry,” says Chief Client Officer, Nathanael Benzaken. “Alternative UCITS have shown resilience and effective decorrelation of performance, confirming our belief that liquid alternatives provide positive diversification for clients. Hedge funds are here to stay and we are adamant that the industry will continue to grow.”