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Opalesque Roundup: Hedge funds retreat amid in volatile market: hedge fund news

Monday, March 17, 2025

In the week ending March 14th 2025, HFR reported that the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) declined by -0.47 percent for the month, as gains in Relative Value Arbitrage and Event Driven strategies were offset by declines in Macro and Equity Hedge strategies. "Global hedge funds posted mixed performance in February as financial market volatility surged as a result of new trade and tariff policies, with equity market declines led by steep drops in the growth and technology categories," it said.

Macro hedge funds taking advantage of volatile markets have enjoyed outsized results so far in 2025, while stock picking and multi-strategy funds have produced mixed returns. Numbers from hedge fund research firm PivotalPath show that the broader hedge fund industry is up 1.3% this year, but some funds which trade on macroeconomic signals have delivered returns far higher.

Meanwhile, global hedge funds continued to sell China equities for a fourth straight week as the renewed enthusiasm for Chinese tech stocks, ignited by low-cost artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek, began to fade, a Goldman Sachs note showed.

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