EM hedgies, Asian quants struggle through June

Emerging market hedge funds, particularly those focused on China, had a volatile month of trading last month, with general market consensus indicating that there are more bumps on the horizon. The Eurkeahedge Greater China Hedge Fund Index is down -5.19% for June, based on strategies that reported last month’s returns as of early this week, while the data provider’s emerging markets index was down -2.94%. By comparison, Japanese managers had a small gain of 0.15%. The global mar…