Global hedge funds are on track to deliver another year of strong performance after the AI investment boom helped lift returns well above historical averages during the first half of 2026, according to a report by Bloomberg citing new research
Traders have built record positions in futures linked to the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate ahead of this week’s policy announcement, underlining the unusually high level of uncertainty surrounding the central bank’s next move, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global semiconductor stocks extended their decline on Tuesday as investors reacted to reports of China’s growing capabilities in advanced chip manufacturing and increasing concerns that the rapid pace of artificial intelligence investment may be becoming unsustainable, according to a report
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.
A long-established hedge fund trading strategy centred on stock index rebalancing has generated outsized profits for hedge funds this year, helped by record trading volumes and the landmark public listing of SpaceX, according to a report by the Financial Times
Hedge funds have increased their exposure to US healthcare stocks to near the highest level in five years, according to a report by Reuters citing a recent note from the prime brokerage division at Goldman Sachs.
Hedge funds linked to Liang Wenfeng, the billionaire founder of DeepSeek, emerged among the biggest beneficiaries of the record-breaking initial public offering of Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT 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.
Brevan Howard has seen several senior departures from its commodities investment business over the past year, as experienced portfolio managers and strategists have moved to rival firms, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Viking Global Investors has acknowledged that its cautious approach to artificial intelligence-related stocks cost it performance in the first half of the year, even as the hedge fund continues to resist chasing companies trading at what it considers excessive valuations,
