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Citadel delivered positive performance across its major hedge fund strategies in the first half of 2026, with gains led by its tactical trading and equities books amid volatile and uneven market conditions.
Technology-focused hedge fund Whale Rock Capital Management returned 72.5% in the first half of 2026, placing the $19 billion manager among the year’s top-performing hedge funds as AI-related investments continued to outperform.
Citadel Securities has hired Mukilan Ashok, the former interim CTO of Polymarket US and previously a senior engineering lead at Citadel, in a move that underscores rising institutional interest in prediction markets.
Hedge funds ended June with solid year-to-date gains, supported by successful positioning around crowded equity trades, though performance was uneven across strategies amid volatility in commodities and fixed income markets.
The Bank of England is moving forward with proposals to limit leverage used by hedge funds in the UK gilt market, despite industry concerns that the measures could increase funding costs and reduce market liquidity, according to a report by the FT.
A rapidly growing leveraged exchange-traded fund has become a significant driver of trading activity in shares of AI memory chipmaker SK Hynix, adding a new source of volatility for hedge funds, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The transfer of more than $60tn in US wealth from baby boomers to younger generations over the next two decades is set to reshape capital flows into hedge funds and alternative investment managers according to a report by the FT.
Dubai’s commercial office market continues to show resilience despite ongoing geopolitical tensions, with demand from hedge funds, banks and other financial institutions underpinning occupancy and rental growth, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The Magnificent Seven rebounded sharply on Monday as hedge funds unwound a popular relative-value trade that had favoured semiconductor stocks over mega-cap technology names, according to a report by Market Watch.
HSBC has identified a sharp appreciation in the US dollar as one of the most significant potential pain trades for investors in the second half of 2026, arguing that markets remain vulnerable to a stronger-than-expected move in the currency, according to a report Bloomberg.
