Man Group’s flagship quant strategies are facing steep losses in 2025, with several funds down double digits year-to-date as heightened market volatility tests the resilience of trend-following models, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Block Asset Management, a long-standing player in digital asset fund solutions, has launched the BAM Blockchain Alpha Fund (BAF), a multi-manager hedge fund targeting uncorrelated alpha in the digital asset space.
Bronte Capital, the hedge fund led by prominent Australian investor John Hempton, has posted one of its strongest recent quarters, with gains driven largely by successful short positions amid turbulent global markets, according to a report by the Financial Review.
Global long-short equity hedge funds underperformed sharply during the recent US stock market surge but showed resilience as markets turned volatile again, according to a report by Reuters citing prime brokerage data from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.
Michael Platt’s BlueCrest Capital Management has posted a standout performance amid the latest bout of market dislocation, chalking up a 20% gain year-to-date as of early April, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the matter.
Renaissance Technologies, one of the world’s most closely watched quantitative hedge fund managers, suffered steep losses in April after a surprise tariff announcement by former President Donald Trump triggered a violent repricing across global markets, according to a report by
Singapore-based alternative asset manager Vulpes Investment Management has launched a new AI/ML-powered tail risk strategy fund, marking a deepening of its partnership with Noviscient’s technology platform, FundBox.
Macro hedge fund EDL Capital delivered its strongest-ever monthly return in March, fuelled by bearish positions against US equities and the dollar, with the EDL Global Opportunities Master Fund gaining 14% over the month, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Former Citadel portfolio managers Niall O’Keeffe and Tio Charbaghi have delivered a strong first-quarter performance at their hedge fund, FIFTHDELTA, capitalising on market turbulence while many larger hedge funds struggled with losses, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge fund giants Millennium Management and Citadel saw their first quarter 2025 losses extend in March as market turbulence and trade tensions weighed on performance, even as several other hedge fund rivals posted gains, according to a report by Bloomberg.
