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Opalesque Roundup: Hedge fund performance dipped in February: hedge fund news

Monday, March 24, 2025

In the week ending March 21st 2025, Citco reported that after a strong start to the year, hedge fund performance dipped in February with several strategy types - including Commodity and Equity strategies - experiencing a negative month. Following one of the best opening months to a year since the start of the decade, funds administered by the saw a decline in performance in February, with a weighted average return of -0.3%. Nonetheless, year-to-date (YTD) the weighted average return for hedge funds still stood at 3.7%.

Most Tiger-related funds also lost money in February. However, they not only remained in the black for the year but continued to outperform the major stock indices. The question, though, is whether they can expand their gains in March, which thus far has been one of the most volatile months in recent memory. How Viking, Maverick, D1, Lone Pine, Coatue, Tiger Global, and Discovery have fared.

Meanwhile, most commodity trading advisors and managed-futures funds had a rough time in February. Many of the large or high-profile funds that mostly deploy trend-following strategies lost money, although some remain in the black for the year. But as stock market volatility stays high and stocks seem headed toward a bear market, the big question is whether the trend-following computer-driven funds will once again thrive as an alternative a......................

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