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Asset Flows Update April 2019 | Eurekahedge

The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 1.06%1 in March, wrapping the first quarter of the year gaining 4.36% year-to-date. Hedge fund managers narrowly trailed behind the global equity market as represented by the MSCI AC World Index2 which gained 1.09% in March. The global equity and bond markets have rallied through the first quarter of 2019, supported by the dovish stance exhibited by major central banks, as well as the optimism over the US-China trade negotiations. On the other hand, concerns over slowing economic growth have persisted through the quarter, with growth forecasts being cut. The majority of hedge fund managers tracked by Eurekahedge recorded positive returns in March, with those focusing on Asia ex-Japan countries posting strongest gains.married man with children, went on trial at the Circuit Criminal Court charged with sexually assaulting a woman after getting into her bed in a hotel room in the west of Ireland.

As the trial was about enter its final stages, the accused changed his plea to guilt on a single count of sexual assault contrary to Section 2 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1990.

At the previous hearing, evidence was heard that the accused is known to the complainant and travelled with her, as part of an eight-strong group to a charity event in a west of Ireland town in July 2015.

The victim was the only female present.

The group then stayed overnight in an apartment which forms part of a local hotel complex.

The victim told the court the