Hedge funds increased exposure to global industrials last week while trimming US equity positions, as renewed US-China trade tensions and a government shutdown triggered the sharpest US market sell-off since April, according to a report by Reuters citing client notes from Goldman Sachs.

Ken Griffin has downplayed the difficulty of moving Citadel’s operations out of Chicago, describing the firm’s relocation to Miami as a logical response to worsening crime, high taxes, and what he called “a series of problems” facing Illinois, according to a report by Fox Business.

Sir Chris Hohn’s Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) — one of the world’s largest charitable foundations linked to hedge fund wealth — has halted all grants to US-based non-governmental organisations, according to a report by the Financial Times.

Eisler Capital’s decision to shutter its flagship multi-strategy fund has reignited debate over the sustainability of the pass-through fee model and the escalating cost of talent across the hedge fund industry, according to a report by Reuters.

Hedge funds and other short sellers are concentrating their bets on technology stocks in the Americas and APAC and consumer and luxury names in EMEA, according to Hazeltree’s September 2025 Shortside Crowdedness Report.

Hedge funds are holding back on equity exposure despite global stock markets hitting record highs, according to a report by Bloomberg citing a note by strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co which highlights that macro hedge funds remain cautiously positioned, with their equity beta modestly negative.

Hedge funds are increasingly turning to options to bet on a year-end rebound in the US dollar, as investors anticipate further weakness in major peers such as the euro and yen, according to a report by Bloomberg citing data from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.