Hedge fund redemptions ticked up in August, according to the latest SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator, which rose to 2.03% from 1.56% in July. The figure, however, remains below the 2.59% recorded in August 2024 and is in line with
A growing number of institutional investors, including Texas Teachers and Erlen Capital, are pushing back against the rising cost of investing in multi-strategy hedge funds, with concerns mounting over passthrough fees that erode net returns, according to a report by
Hedge funds are enjoying their strongest fundraising year in more than a decade, with investors allocating fresh capital in search of resilient, uncorrelated returns amid volatile markets, according to a report by Bloomberg citing data from Hedge Fund Research.
Crypto hedge fund manager Re7 Capital is aiming to raise $100m for a new multi-strategy vehicle, with the firm’s founder Evgeny Gokhberg set to serve as Chief Investment Officer, according to a report by Financial News.
The BlackRock Investment Institute has recommended its largest-ever boost to hedge fund allocations, advising institutional investors to add up to 5 percentage points more to the asset class compared with pre-2020 levels, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has committed $250m to New York-based hedge fund Taproot Management, backing a novel model that replaces traditional portfolio managers with teams of senior analysts, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Qin Xiao, the former Co-Head of Goldman Sachs’ global commodities trading unit, has raised around $1bn from Millennium Management to seed his new hedge fund, Nexus Commodities Capital Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Ryan Foster, a former senior portfolio manager at Millennium Management and ex-Soros credit investor, is launching a new credit hedge fund, Extant Capital, with $200m in seed capital from New Holland Capital, a $6bn alternative investor in external funds.
Digital assets funds returned to positive inflows last week pulling in a net $572m after early-week outflows of $1bn on weak US payroll data, according to a the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly Report from CoinShares.
Despite geopolitical tensions and market volatility, institutional investors are actively hunting for new hedge fund managers whilst raising return expectations. Our latest Hedgeweek-AIMA survey reveals 40% seek fresh partnerships, 46% plan increased allocations, and SMAs are gaining ground for capital
