Funds
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.
Hedge funds significantly reversed their pro-growth positions in both US equities and corporate bonds during the first three months of the year, while upping their bets on gold, according to the latest Hedge fund Barometer from Unlimited
Digital asset investment products saw inflows totaling $3.4bn last week, the largest inflows since mid-December 2024, and the third largest total on record, according to the latest Digital Assets Funds Flows Weekly Report from CoinShares.
TOP STORY: Hedge funds recorded their tenth consecutive quarter of positive returns in Q1 2025, shrugging off volatility sparked by mounting global trade tensions to record a weighted average return of 2.8%, according to new data from Citco.
Chris Hansen’s Valiant Capital Management is riding a wave of volatility to strong returns, with bearish bets paying off handsomely in April as markets reeled from US President Donald Trump’s renewed tariff push, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
