Funds
Brazilian hedge funds posted standout performance in April, with Rio de Janeiro-based Vista Capital topping the charts as its flagship Vista Multiestrategia fund delivered a remarkable 37% return – the fund’s strongest monthly gain since inception, according to a report by Bloomberg.
D1 Capital Partners is delivering strong performance in a challenging market environment, with its public equity portfolio rising 4.4% in April and 11.8% year-to-date – a sharp contrast to the S&P 500, which is down 4.9% over the same period including dividends, according to a report by Institutional investor
Hedge funds delivered mixed results in April, with equity hedge strategies leading the way as they navigated a month marked by historic market volatility and sharp swings in investor sentiment, according to data from Hedge Fund Research.
GAM Investments has ceded full control of its jointly managed catastrophe bond hedge fund to Fermat Capital Management, resolving a months-long dispute that had unsettled investors and significantly reduced the fund’s assets, according to a report by CityWire.
Haidar Capital Management’s flagship Jupiter Fund posted a 25% loss in April, marking one of the worst monthly performances in its more than two-decade history, as macro volatility tied to President Donald Trump’s renewed trade war rattled global markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Armistice Capital, a $2bn equity long-short hedge fund with a focus on biotech, has recorded its third straight month of losses in 2025 – just after locking in investor capital for the full year, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital posted a 3.4% gain in April, capitalising on market volatility to extend its year-to-date performance to 11.9% and placing the fund among the top-performing long-short equity managers so far in 2025, according to a report by Institutional Investor.
Hedge fund DE Shaw has secured $1.3bn in commitments for its latest private credit vehicle, Diopter Fund II, which focuses on acquiring credit risk exposures from banks through synthetic securitisation strategies, according to a report by Bloomberg.
AQR Capital Management’s Delphi Long-Short Equity Strategy continued to build momentum in April, gaining 3.2% for the month and bringing its year-to-date return to 12.1%, according to a report by Bloomberg citing an unnamed source familiar with the figures.
Despite a turbulent April marked by geopolitical uncertainty and shifting trade policy, some of the world’s largest multi-strategy hedge funds emerged with positive returns, with ExodusPoint leading the way with a 2.8% gain for the month, according to a report by Business Insider.
