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Hedge fund investors continued to scale back redemption intentions in April, with the SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator falling to 1.26%, down from 1.90% in March and below the 1.85% level recorded a year earlier, according to data from SS&C Technologies.
FengHe Fund Management co-founder Matt Hu is continuing to scale one of Asia’s fastest-growing hedge funds using an unusually centralised and highly structured investment process, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Citadel has reshaped key parts of its investor recruitment and business development function as competition for senior investment talent intensifies across the hedge fund industry, according to a report by Business Insider.
Hedge fund performance turned negative in the first quarter of 2026 as global markets were disrupted by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, although investor allocations to the asset class remained resilient, according to data from Citco.
Hedge fund launches climbed to a four-year high in 2025 as investors increased allocations to strategies positioned for rising market volatility, according to new data from hedge fund index and analysis specialist HFR.
Martin Lueck, co-founder of systematic hedge fund Aspect Capital, has warned that handing investment decisions entirely to artificial intelligence could undermine transparency and risk management in quantitative investing, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Traders are increasingly betting that volatility in US government bond markets will continue to ease, even as uncertainty lingers over a lasting peace agreement between the US and Iran, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors has filed a lawsuit against portfolio manager Adam Grunfeld, accusing him of reneging on a pre-agreed move to join the firm and seeking damages of around $11m tied to the aborted hiring deal, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Market-maker Optiver is stepping up recruitment from investment banks and hedge funds as the electronic trading firm continues to scale rapidly and deepen its push into new markets, particularly the US, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Assets under management at Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge fund, were broadly unchanged in the first quarter of 2026 after a significant withdrawal by a single investor offset inflows elsewhere, according to a report by Reuters.
