Michel Massoud’s London-based Melqart Asset Management is planning to open an office in Dubai, joining a growing wave of hedge funds establishing a presence in the Middle East, and the United Arab Emirates in particular. according to a report by
AQR Capital Management, the Greenwich, Connecticut hedge fund firm led by Cliff Asness, posted robust gains across its flagship quantitative strategies in 2025, despite a turbulent year for systematic investing, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Activist investors mounted a record number of campaigns globally in 2025, as market volatility, improved financing conditions and a rebound in dealmaking created fertile conditions for shareholder agitation, according to a report by Reuters citing data from Barclays.
Multi-strategy hedge fund majors Millennium Management and Citadel delivered double-digit returns in 2025, rebounding from a weak start to the year, though they trailed several smaller multi-manager peers, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Jason Genrich, a partner and senior portfolio manager at Elliott Investment Management, has left the activist hedge fund after more than a decade, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
DE Shaw & Co has suspended returning profits to clients despite strong performance across its flagship hedge funds last year, marking a departure from its longstanding practice of distributing gains to manage fund size, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Tribeca Investment Partners is exploring investment opportunities in Venezuela following a strong performance in its natural resources strategy, as the hedge fund positions itself to capitalise on what it views as a rapidly opening market, according to a report by
Bridgewater Associates’ flagship Pure Alpha fund posted a standout 33% gain in 2025, marking one of the strongest years in the firm’s 50-year history, according to an unnamed person familiar with the firm’s performance figures.
New York-based investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald has said the closing of its acquisition of UBS Group’s O’Connor hedge fund business will extend into 2026, with assets and strategies transferring in stages over the coming months.
Digital asset products saw $446m in weekly outflows, taking total post–10 October outflows to $3.2bn and indicating sentiment has yet to fully recover, according to a the latest digital assets funds sets Fund Flows Weekly report from CoinShares.
