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Hedge funds ended June with solid year-to-date gains, supported by successful positioning around crowded equity trades, though performance was uneven across strategies amid volatility in commodities and fixed income markets.
Multi-manager hedge funds including Millennium Management and Point72 posted strong gains in June as markets rebounded following volatility linked to the Israel-Iran conflict, capping a solid first half of 2026 according to a report by the FT.
WorldQuant Millennium Advisors (WMA), the joint venture between WorldQuant and Millennium Management, has grown assets under management to nearly $30bn, according to people familiar with the matter.
Global multi-manager hedge funds are increasingly recruiting portfolio managers from Australia’s traditional asset management sector, highlighting the growing competition for experienced investment talent.
The Bank of England is moving forward with proposals to limit leverage used by hedge funds in the UK gilt market, despite industry concerns that the measures could increase funding costs and reduce market liquidity, according to a report by the FT.
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) has launched a new AI-focused research initiative aimed at attracting early-career quantitative talent, joining a growing number of hedge funds investing in research programmes to compete with technology firms for top recruits.
Millennium Management has strengthened its investment team in Switzerland with the appointment of Pierre-Anthony Badet as Senior Portfolio Manager in its Zug office, continuing the firm’s expansion across the EMEA region.
A rapidly growing leveraged exchange-traded fund has become a significant driver of trading activity in shares of AI memory chipmaker SK Hynix, adding a new source of volatility for hedge funds, according to a report by Bloomberg.
BlueCrest Capital Management has lost its appeal before the UK Supreme Court in a landmark tax dispute over the application of the UK’s salaried members rules, a ruling expected to influence partnership structures across the hedge fund industry, according to the FT.
Allocators are getting patient when it comes to emerging managers’ track records. They’re not getting patient with much else.
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