Currency Fund Managers Show Solid First-Half Performance In Parker Index
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Currency fund managers posted positive results for the first half of 1997, despite a "troublesome trading environment" that caused losses during April and May, according to Parker Global Strategies' (PGS) Parker FX Index. The index is up 5.06 per cent for the period on a reported basis, and on a risk-adjusted basis, is up 0.8 per cent, with 51 of the 59 programmes reporting.
Thirty-nine of those 51 programmes reporting results are up on the year, while the median return, on a reported basis, is
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