Funds
Cinctive Capital Management delivered a 3% return in July, comfortably outperforming both the S&P 500’s 2.17% gain and several larger multi-strategy peers, according to a report by Reuters citing an unnamed source familiar with the performance.
Long-short equity managers outpaced other hedge fund strategies in July, capitalising on record equity market highs, while systematic hedge funds faltered and multistrategy platforms posted mixed results, according to a report by Reuters citing data from Goldman Sachs and other industry sources.
Marshall Wace, the $76.9bn London-based hedge fund manager co-founded by veteran investor Paul Marshall, delivered mixed performance across key strategies in July, according to a report by Reuters citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter.
Greenlight Capital, the long-short equity hedge fund led by veteran manager David Einhorn, has given back all of its 2025 gains following a third consecutive monthly loss, according to a report by Reuters citing an unnamed investor.
Multi-strategy hedge funds posted mixed results in July as equity markets edged higher despite ongoing volatility, with Citadel emerging as a relative standout among peers including Schonfeld and Marshall Wace, according to a report by Business Insider.
Quantitative hedge funds specialising in trend-following strategies are facing one of their toughest years in decades, as sharp reversals, policy shocks and sideways markets confound the models they rely on to detect and ride sustained price trends, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
Point72 Asset Management, the multi-strategy hedge fund led by billionaire investor Steve Cohen, is set to launch its first venture capital fund open to external clients, with a sharp focus on the rapidly evolving defence technology sector, according to a report by Bloomberg
Carrhae Capital, a London-based emerging markets hedge fund, is preparing to launch a $700m long-only strategy that will exclude China entirely – responding to growing demand from US institutional investors seeking to remove Chinese exposure from their portfolios, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Equity long-short hedge funds are experiencing a notable resurgence in 2025, attracting $10bn in H1 net inflows – their first positive inflow period in nearly a decade – as volatile markets create stock-picking opportunities, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Brevan Howard Asset Management’s star macro trader Minal Bathwal has delivered a standout first-half performance, with his flagship MB Macro Master Fund gaining 9.8% through June, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
