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Large hedge funds beat small ones during the lean years

While large hedge funds outperformed small ones from 2008 to 2011, all sizes of funds posted negative performance results during that period.

By Paula Aven Gladych | Updated on October 09, 2012

Large hedge funds outperformed small ones from 2008 to 2011, but all sizes of funds posted negative performance results during this timeframe, according to a study by PerTrac.

“Impact of Size and Age on Hedge Fund Performance: 1996-2011” used 15 leading global hedge databases to analyze the 2011 hedge fund universe, which showed that large funds dipped 2.63 percent on average in 2011, compared to a 2.78 percent dip among small funds and a 2.95 percent slide on the part of medium-size funds.

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