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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 funds are ramping up short bets against private credit firms, including Apollo Global Management, Ares Management, and Blue Owl Capital, betting that economic headwinds, and trade frictions will take a toll on the booming direct lending market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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.
Third Point, the hedge fund led by Daniel Loeb, has disclosed a “meaningful” stake in US Steel, expressing confidence that the company’s proposed merger with Japan’s Nippon Steel will proceed despite recent political headwinds, according to a report by Reuters.
Activist hedge fund Palliser Capital failed in its bid to compel Rio Tinto to review a potential shift in its primary listing to Australia, as shareholders overwhelmingly rejected the proposal at the miner’s annual meeting in Perth, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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.
BlueBay Asset Management, the fixed income-focused hedge fund affiliate of RBC Global Asset Management, has scrapped its institutional head of sales role in Australia and New Zealand, transitioning to a third-party distribution model via Kings Gate Capital Partners, according to a report by the Financial Standard.
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 are broadly pulling back from high-conviction trades across asset classes — with one notable exception – a growing appetite for shorting US equities, according to a report by Bloomberg citing data from hedge fund replication firm Unlimited.
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