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Opalesque Roundup: Some hedge funds cash in on market volatility, some don't: hedge fund news

Monday, April 21, 2025

In the week ending April, 18th 2025, various media reports revealed that Marshall Wace, DE Shaw and Qube Research are among the hedge funds trying to cash in on market volatility triggered by US president Donald Trump's tariff war. Hedge funds are shorting luxury and auto stocks including Burberry and Aston Martin, according to UK regulatory filings.

However, turbulent markets have caught out trend-following investors-including funds run by Man Group, the world's largest listed hedge-fund firm, which lost up to 15% this year. Trend-following funds aim to profit by latching onto and riding persistent market trends.

Man Group also reported that its assets under management (AUM) rose to $172.6 billion in the first quarter of 2025 (ending 31 March), up from $168.6 billion in the previous quarter (three months ending 31 December 2024). The British hedge fund manager recorded net inflows of $3.6 billion in the three months to 31 March, along with a $1.5 billion gain from other movements - including foreign exchange effects, distributions, and realizations across private market strategies.

In new launches, billionaire Michael Novogratz's Galaxy Ventures Fund I LP has surpassed its goal of raising $150 million to build a portfolio of about 3......................

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