Global hedge funds delivered their strongest first-half performance in five years, overcoming a sharp market selloff in March to generate average returns of 7.2% through 30 June 2026.
A resurgence in US dealmaking and increasingly complex regulatory reviews are creating lucrative opportunities for merger arbitrage hedge funds, with managers generating outsized returns by correctly assessing the prospects of controversial transactions.
Bridgewater Associates has hired Kobi Platt as a commodities specialist in its New York office, adding a veteran oil markets investor from Brevan Howard.
Lone Pine Capital delivered a 43% return in its flagship hedge fund through June, putting the firm among the industry’s top performers and marking one of its strongest starts to a year on record.
SpaceX endured a difficult start to life in the Nasdaq 100 Index, with its shares falling back to near their IPO price and prompting fresh scrutiny from hedge fund managers over the stock’s valuation and volatility.
South Korea’s sharp equity correction is testing hedge funds that have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the AI-driven rally in semiconductor stocks.
Quantitative hedge funds are experiencing their most challenging period since late 2023 as a sharp reversal in momentum trades disrupts systematic strategies and prompts deleveraging across the industry, cited a Bloomberg report.
US hedge funds cut exposure to technology hardware stocks for a fourth consecutive week as semiconductor shares retreated and investors positioned ahead of the upcoming earnings season, according to a Goldman Sachs prime brokerage note.
Bond funds attracted £1.06bn of net inflows in June, marking their third-strongest month on record, as investors continued shifting towards income-generating and diversified strategies, according to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone.
Hedge fund Situational Awareness, founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, is among a group of investors signalling interest in SK Hynix’s planned $28bn Nasdaq listing, according to a FT report.
