All regional mandates were up this month – Europe and Japan focused hedge funds lead the tables with gains of 0.82% each. Japanese hedge funds posted positive performance on the back of improved investor sentiments with positive Q3 economic growth as well as commitment from the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to meet its inflation target. Japanese equity markets have also performed well during the month with the Nikkei 225 and the Tokyo Topix both up 3.48% and 1.42% respectively. European managers also posted positive performance during the month with gains of 0.82% backed by positive equity market performance, optimism on...