Funds
RG Niederhoffer Capital Management has reported a 27.4% gain in its flagship Macro Diversified Fund in Q1 2026, including a 13.8% return in March.
Two Sigma Investments’s flagship hedge funds delivered strong returns in March, outpacing many multi-strategy peers despite internal management upheaval and market volatility throughout the month, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Several high-profile equity-focused hedge funds including Tiger Global Management, suffered significant losses in March as the conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran rattled global markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The first quarter of 2026 proved challenging for many prominent hedge funds including Balyasny Asset Management and ExodusPoint, as geopolitical tensions and market volatility weighed on performance, according to a report by Business Insider.
Separately managed accounts have become emerging managers’ favoured capital-raising tool. Managers who underestimate the operational weight do so at their peril.
Global hedge funds recorded their largest monthly drawdown since January 2022 as market turbulence linked to the Iran conflict weighed heavily on equities, according to a report by Reuters citing a recent client note from Goldman Sachs.
London-based hedge fund Kite Lake Capital Management has secured approximately $700m in new capital. The firm briefly reopened its flagship KL Special Opportunities Fund for subscriptions before closing it again, according to a report by Bloomberg.
London-based Pelham Capital is plotting a return to the hedge fund arena with a new vehicle, seeking to rebuild after a challenging period that saw the firm’s assets shrink from $4.5bn in 2020 to around $1bn by 2023, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Significance Capital Management, led by founder and CIO Ryan Isherwood, and co-portfolio manager Michael W Klenn, has launched, positioning itself as an investment firm specialising in capturing opportunities around market inflection points.
Blackstone is preparing to launch its first hedge fund tailored to high-net-worth individual investors (HNWI), marking a further push by the alternatives giant into the private wealth channel, according to a report by Bloomberg.
