Hedge funds delivered strong performance in the first half of 2025, returning 11% year-to-date after a sharp Q2 rebound that saw average returns reach 8.3%, according to new data from asset servicing solutions specialist Citco.
Wall Street banks, including Morgan Stanley, are increasingly turning to complex synthetic risk transfer (SRT) deals to unlock capital and expand lending to hedge funds, as they compete for a larger slice of a booming prime brokerage market, according to
Third Point, the New York-based hedge fund firm founded by Daniel Loeb, has held a $400m first close for its Insurance Solutions Fund I, marking the firm’s first dedicated private credit strategy tailored for insurance companies, according to a report
Alex Blanchard, a veteran short-term interest rate (STIR) trader and former Goldman Sachs executive, has joined hedge fund giant Millennium Management as a portfolio manager in Dubai – his second hedge fund role in the city this year, according to
Sean Murphy, a former portfolio manager at Citadel, is launching Jerpoint Capital, a new hedge fund backed by Qube Research & Technologies, which is providing $200m in seed capital to the venture, according to a report by Bloomberg.
China-focused hedge funds including Triata Capital delivered standout gains in the first half of 2025, outperforming global peers on the back of a sharp rebound in Hong Kong-listed equities and bets on AI and emerging consumption trends, according to a
Investor redemptions from hedge funds hit a 12-month low in July, according to the latest data from SS&C Technologies, with the firm’s SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator falling to 1.56% for July, down from 2.27% in the previous month.
Toronto-based hedge fund manager Waratah Capital Advisors, which oversees CAD4bn in assets, is investigating a cybersecurity breach that may have exposed sensitive client information, according to a report by the Globe & Mail.
Equity Data Science (EDS) has unveiled Fusion, a new generative AI-powered platform aimed at transforming and streamlining how institutional investors manage data and decision-making across the investment lifecycle.
Neville Shah, co-founder of shuttered hedge fund Kodai Capital Management, has joined $77bn multi-strategy powerhouse Millennium Management as a senior member of its equities management team, according to a report by Bloomberg citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter.
