Situational Awareness, the AI-focused hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, is seeking additional capital from investors following sharp losses during the recent correction in technology and AI-related stocks, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Millennium Management is seeking to raise a record $20bn from investors, underscoring continued institutional demand for large multi-strategy hedge funds as the sector attracts increasing allocations from global investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Man Group reported record assets under management (AUM) of $253.6bn at the end of the first half of 2026, fuelled by robust investment performance and stronger-than-expected client inflows, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Former portfolio managers from Citadel are attracting increasing amounts of capital from some of the hedge fund industry’s largest multi-manager firms, highlighting the growing importance of external investment programmes, according to a report by Business Insider.
Hedge fund investors continued to hold their positions in July, with forward redemption notifications falling to one of their lowest levels on record despite renewed market volatility, according the latest data from SS&C GlobeOp.
Global hedge fund industry assets rose by a record $409.3bn in the second quarter to reach $5.6tn, as strong investment performance and continued investor inflows drove the sector’s 15th consecutive quarterly expansion, according to HFR.
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC plans to commit an additional $30bn to hedge funds over the next three years, with global macro, quantitative and multi-strategy managers among the areas expected to benefit, according to a report by Reuters.
Hedge funds delivered their strongest quarterly performance of the decade so far in the second quarter of 2026, with equity, global macro and multi-strategy funds leading a broad-based rebound and investor inflows reaching a new high, according to Citco.
A group of New York-based investment professionals has launched a new stock research and asset management business in Zug, Switzerland, alongside an AI-driven global equity long-short hedge fund, according to a report by Finews.
Hedge funds delivered a third consecutive month of positive performance in June, with global macro and equity strategies leading returns, while investor appetite remained robust as the industry recorded another month of net inflows, according to Citco’s latest monthly hedge
