Funds
Amundi has partnered with Machina Capital SAS, a specialist in mid-frequency quantitative strategies with a market-neutral approach, to launch the Amundi Machina Systematic Equity Fund, marking the beginning of a new relationship between the firms.
Hedge funds delivered their highest annual return since the start of the decade in 2024, achieving a weighted average return of 15.7%, the highest since 2020’s 18.3% weighted average return, new data from Citco reveals.
Global hedge fund assets soared to a record $4.51tn at the start of 2025, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of growth, as investors and fund managers positioned for sweeping policy changes under the Trump administration, according to the latest HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report.
Janus Henderson’s biotechnology hedge fund has experienced a surge in demand, particularly among Asia-based family offices, driving the firm’s overall growth in the region, with assets jumping from $800m in November 2023 to over $2bn by September 2024, according to a report by CityWire.
Asia hedge funds experienced a strong recovery in 2024, with many achieving double-digit gains, in a surge driven by a rebound in Chinese stocks, a record-breaking equity rally in Japan, and strategic trades across diverse markets, according to a report by Reuters.
RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s Emerging Market Credit Alpha Fund delivered a standout 21% return in 2024, significantly outpacing the 14% average for emerging-market (EM) debt hedge funds, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Former Millennium portfolio manager Robert Bonte-Friedheim is gearing up to launch a London-headquartered equity hedge fund, Scarlet Macaw Capital, that will begin trading during the second quarter of the year with $200m, according to a report by Financial News.
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has launched DOM Global Macro – a new liquid, diversified absolute-return UCITs strategy – as the firm continues to expand its Alternatives franchise for institutional and private clients.
Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group, once a standout in the hedge fund world, has seen its clients withdraw approximately $7bn over the past three years as the firm grappled with underwhelming returns, according to a report by Bloomberg.
London-based digital assets hedge fund manager Nickel Digital Asset Management (Nickel) achieved a record net annual return of 34.9% in 2024 for its systematic Diversified Alpha Fund, according to data from BarclayHedge.
