Funds
Whetstone Capital, the $250m hedge fund known for its contrarian deep-value approach, posted a 21% return in May – its best monthly performance since inception – by doubling down on unloved and mispriced growth names left behind during recent market dislocations, according to a report by MarketWatch.
TOP STORY: Bridgewater Associates’ flagship Pure Alpha fund gained 17% in the first half of 2025, outperforming the broader hedge fund industry amid a volatile macro backdrop, according to a report by Reuters citing an unnamed source familiar with the firm’s performance.
Digital asset investment products saw attracted totalling US$2.7bn last week, the 11th consecutive weeks of inflows, bringing H1 totals close to last year’s total of $17.8bn, according to a the latest Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly report from CoinShares.
Quant hedge fund Engineers Gate has topped $4bn in assets under management and grown its portfolio manager count to over 75, capping off a multi-year rebound marked by strong double-digit returns, according to a report by Business Insider.
SS&C Technologies’ GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator, which tracks forward redemption notices from investors in hedge funds administered by SS&C GlobeOp, fell to 2.27% in June 2025, down from 2.34% in May and below the five-year average of 2.75%.
Tech-focused hedge fund Whale Rock Capital significantly trimmed losses in May, with its flagship hybrid fund gaining 8.7%, halving its year-to-date decline to 8.7%, according to a report by Institutional Investor citing sources familiar with the matter.
Quant-driven hedge fund AQR Capital Management is making a bold return to the US mutual fund space after a four-year hiatus, launching a suite of leveraged “portable alpha” strategies targeting taxable investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Pierre Andurand’s flagship hedge fund has extended its steep drawdown in 2025, with the Andurand Commodities Discretionary Enhanced fund falling approximately 12.7% in the first three weeks of June, bringing YTD losses to around 60%, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Arini Capital Management, the hedge fund firm run by Hamza Lemssouguer, has secured a $200m anchor commitment from British Columbia Investment Management Corp for its new Europe-focused private credit fund, launched in partnership with Lazard Inc, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Man Group, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund firm, is planning to makes its debut in the exchange-traded fund (ETF) space with the launch of two actively managed fixed-income products, according to a report by ETF.com.
