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Some of the world’s largest hedge funds, including Ken Griffin’s Citadel and Izzy Englander’s Millennium, suffered losses in February as geopolitical uncertainty and shifting trade policies rattled markets, according to a report by Business Insider.
Frankfurt-based Prime Capital AG has posted its strongest performance in the absolute return segment since 2009, with its fund of hedge funds strategies delivering substantial gains independent of equity and credit market fluctuations.
Balyasny Asset Management is raising $350m for its first-ever dedicated venture capital fund, marking a strategic push into growth-stage enterprise tech startups, according to a report by PitchBook citing sources familiar with the matter.
Global institutional investors are increasingly turning to fixed income hedge funds and are bullish about returns, with 63% anticipating annual returns of 10% or more, according to a new report commissioned by RBC BlueBay Asset Management.
Tybourne Capital Management, the Asia-based investment firm founded by Eashwar Krishnan, is set to return external capital in its long-only funds following the shuttering of its US technology hedge fund earlier this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds started the year strong, achieving a weighted average return of 4% in January – ahead of the previous three years, according to the latest Monthly Hedge Fund Update from Citco, the asset servicer with over $2tn in AUA.
London-based regulated digital assets hedge fund manager Nickel Digital Asset Management has implemented a soft close on its systematic Diversified Alpha Fund following a 150% surge in assets under management over the past year.
Edge Funds |Â In the last two years, BNP Paribas Global Markets has taken an unconventional approach to thematic investing. Through its Theam Quant activity, the bank has launched (via its Asset Management branch) two funds that combine artificial intelligence with secular trends like healthy living and new energy.
Digital assets investment products saw outflows of $415m last week snapping a 19-week post US election inflow streak that amassed $29.4bn, according to the latest Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report from CoinShares.
Hedge funds saw positive momentum in early 2025 with the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index posting a 0.81% gross return for January 2025, while the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index — which tracks net hedge fund inflows and redemptions — was up 0.60% in February.
