Hedge Funds in Brazil Are Doing Just Fine—Just Ask Bahia

Hedge Funds in Brazil Are Doing Just Fine—Just Ask Bahia
French supporters walk on the street in Salvador De Bahia on Jun. 18, 2014 after the Group B football match between Spain and Chile in the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. AFP Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images
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Brazilian investors are flocking to Bahia.

Not the sunny, coastal state in the nation’s northeast, but an asset manager that had around 7.7 billion reais ($1.98 billion) in net inflows in its two main funds this year. The amount puts it among the Brazilian hedge-fund firms with the most new money coming in, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.