Funds
Hedge funds suffered a significant setback last week, with stock pickers and multi-strategy funds surrendering nearly half of their 2025 gains in a sharp, tech-driven equity selloff, according to a note from Goldman Sachs.
Hedge fund Triata Capital posted an impressive 39% gain in February, fuelled by bullish bets on AI software and data centre stocks as advancements at DeepSeek and Unitree Robotics helped drive a broader rally in Chinese equities, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Event-driven multi-strategy investment firm Taconic Capital is actively raising capital for its latest opportunistic fund, the European Credit Dislocation Fund IV, according to a report by Institutional Investor, citing sources familiar with the matter.
The South African hedge fund industry has marked a banner year in 2024, with assets under management (AUM) growing by 34%, reaching ZAR185.1bn as of December 2024 – a significant leap from ZAR138bn seen at the end of 2023, according to a report by CityWire.
Market volatility in February dealt a blow to several major hedge funds, including Millennium Management, Citadel, and Jain Global, as crowded trades and unexpected macro shifts disrupted key strategies, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Digital assets investment solutions specialist Block Asset Management has launched a new multi-manager hedge fund designed to generate decorrelated alpha from digital assets markets while maintaining robust downside protection, according to a report by International Advisor.
Pierre Andurand’s flagship hedge fund has suffered a steep decline in the first two months of 2025, erasing its strong gains from last year as volatility continues to roil commodity markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Digital asset investment products saw a third consecutive week of outflows last week, marking the largest weekly outflows on record at a total of $2.9bn, and bringing the three-week total to $3.8bn, according to a the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly Report from CoinShares.
Cisu Capital, the London-based hedge fund founded by former Elliott Management portfolio manager Mark Wills, has successfully launched a commingled fund with a commitment from a large endowment, according to a report by Business Insider.
EXCLUSIVE | BNP Paribas’ THEAM Quant fund range (a collaboration between BNP Paribas Global Markets and BNP Paribas Asset Management) has launched a dedicated nuclear energy UCITS fund, in an area that the firm sees as a multi-decade investment opportunity driven by growing global electricity demand and energy security concerns.
