Funds
Hedge funds ended the first half of 2025 with positive returns, overcoming market swings tied to US trade policy uncertainty and riding the momentum of record-setting equity markets, according to a report by Reuters citing a Goldman Sachs report.
AQR Capital Management, the $142bn quantitative hedge fund led by Cliff Asness, delivered standout returns across its trend-following and multi-strategy platforms in the first half of 2025 — sharply outperforming major industry benchmarks, according to a report by MarketWatch.
Fermat Capital Management has secured $1.7bn in new inflows to two of its catastrophe bond-focused funds since early April, rebounding quickly after parting ways with GAM Holding AG, according to a report by Bloomberg.
South Africa’s Mazi Asset Management is stepping up efforts to grow its NCIS Qualified Long Short Hedge Fund, a conviction-driven equity strategy that has quietly outperformed over multiple timeframes, according to a report by CityWire.
Tiger Cub hedge funds – stock-picking firms founded by protégés of Tiger Management’s Julian Robertson – outperformed several multi-strategy giants in H1, with Steve Mandel’s Lone Pine Capital leading the charge, returning 16% up to the end of June amid a volatile market backdrop, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Chris Hohn’s The Children’s Investment Fund has posted a 21% year-to-date return, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 and cementing Hohn’s reputation as one of the hedge fund industry’s leading equity investors, according to a report by the Financial Tines.
Quantitative hedge funds posted standout returns in the first half of 2025, thriving amid volatile markets and policy shocks that punished traditional strategies but created fertile ground for systematic stock-pickers, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Amplify Investment Partners has launched two new retail hedge funds – the Amplify SCI Cautious Retail Hedge Fund and the Amplify SCI Stable Income Retail Hedge Fund – strengthening its presence in South Africa’s growing regulated hedge fund space, according to a report. Y CityWire.
Two of Asia’s largest multi-strategy hedge funds – Singapore-based Dymon Asia Capital and Hong Kong’s Pinpoint Asset Management – delivered strong gains in June, capping off an impressive first half of 2025 as regional markets rebounded sharply from early-year trade war jitters, according to a report by Reuters.
UK hedge fund Helikon Investments is reaping major rewards in 2025 after making a bold contrarian bet on Poland’s long-ignored coal utility sector, with the firm’s Long Short Equity Fund Master ICAV up 36% year-to-date, according to a report by Bloomberg.
