Asia hedge funds worst first-half performers, says Eurekahedge

Despite doing better last month than most of their peers globally, with a +0.14% gain, Asia ex-Japan hedge funds were down -3.13% for the six months to June 30, according to Singapore research firm Eurekahedge. That's the worst first-half performance among Eurekahedge's regional hedge-fund indices, and well down on the global index, which was virtually flat, at -0.02%. However, US-based Hedge Fund Research Inc had Latin America funds as the worst performers, at -3.67%, followed by A…