Category Archives: Hedge Fund Performance
Hedge Funds Riding a Strong 2025 — And It’s Not Over Yet
(HedgeCo.Net) As 2025 draws toward its close, hedge funds globally are registering one of their strongest years in recent memory — fueled by a robust equity market, favorable macro conditions, and diversified strategies coming back into favor. According to a […]
Boom in Fund Launches — The Industry Is Expanding Again
(HedgeCo.Net) After nearly a decade where closures outpaced launches, 2025 is marking a dramatic reversal for the hedge fund industry — with a surge in new fund launches, increased inflows, and fresh optimism among allocators and managers alike. confluencegp.com+2Withintelligence+2 Data through mid-2025 […]
Hedge Funds Scramble to Cover Shorts After Sharp Equity Rebound
(HedgeCo.Net) After weeks of choppy trading and rising pessimism, U.S. equities staged a sharp rebound on Friday – and hedge funds were caught leaning the wrong way. According to reporting based on prime-broker flow data, managers rushed to cover short […]
Numerai Raises $30 Million to Scale Its AI-Powered Hedge Fund
(HedgeCo.Net) San-Francisco-based Numerai, one of the most unusual hedge funds in the world, has secured a fresh $30 million funding round to accelerate its AI-driven investing model and push toward $1 billion in assets under management. Fintech Global Numerai is built […]
Big Stock-Selling Alert: Hedge Funds Could Dump $40B in Global Equities
(HedgeCo.Net). The global hedge-fund industry is on high alert after Goldman Sachs issued a client note projecting that trend-following hedge funds could sell up to $39 billion of global equities in the coming week following the break of a key threshold in […]
Top Talent at the Big Hedge Funds: Exec Turnover at Citadel LLC
(HedgeCo.Net) In the relentless race for talent, the multistrategy giant Citadel is seeing notable executive churn in its business development (BD) and recruitment ranks. Business Insider What’s happening? The article reports that Citadel’s BD team has experienced a “rash” of departures […]
Strategy Shift: Hedge Funds Buying Big Tech While Shedding Rivals
(HedgeCo.Net) According to recent filings and aggregated data, hedge?fund managers have noticeably increased their stakes in two large technology companies while simultaneously reducing positions in two competing firms — signalling a shift in sentiment within the tech sector. Yahoo FinanceThe move […]
Treasury Market Warning: The Growing Footprint of Hedge Funds
(HedgeCo.Net) The Federal Reserve has sounded a clear caution about the increasing role of hedge funds in the U.S. Treasury market, raising questions about risk, leverage and market-stress exposure. Financial Times+1 What’s happening In a public address on November 20, governor […]
Hedge Fund Titans Double Down on Private Credit – Just as Stress Emerges
(HedgeCo.Net) The world’s largest hedge funds are racing deeper into private credit and other private-market strategies, even as the first real signs of strain appear in the booming asset class. Recent reporting shows firms including Point72, D.E. Shaw, Citadel and […]
Multi-Strategy Giants Lock In October Gains While Dialing Back Risk
(HedgeCo.Net) The world’s biggest multi-strategy hedge funds are coming off one of their best months of the year and quietly taking some chips off the table. Firms such as Millennium Management, Citadel and Point72 posted solid gains in October, helped […]
Steve Cohen’s Point72 Leads Hedge Funds’ Charge into Private Credit Markets
(HedgeCo.Net) In a bold strategic pivot that signals a broader industry shift, billionaire Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management, managing $41.5 billion in assets, is preparing to launch into the private credit space. This move, reported by Bloomberg, places Point72 alongside […]
Hedge Funds Trim Magnificent Seven Bets Amid Valuation Concerns
(HedgeCo.Net) Major Wall Street hedge funds significantly reduced exposure to the “Magnificent Seven” tech giants in the third quarter of 2025, according to 13F filings released last week. Funds cut holdings in Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta, while shifting capital […]