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Opalesque Roundup: Big allocators fond of multi-strategy hedge funds: hedge fund news

Monday, June 02, 2025

In the week ending May 30th 2025, Bloomberg reported that multi-strategy hedge funds have been having a moment with big asset allocators pouring billions of dollars into names like Millennium and Citadel. And given all the growth, multi-strat funds have also been battling each other for talent.

Meanwhile, Asian equity-focused hedge funds have risen in May, erasing April's tariff-driven losses and returning to year-to-date highs on the back of broad market gains. Asia-focused fundamental long-short hedge funds have posted a gain of 1.6% so far this month, bringing year-to-date performance back to the first-quarter high of 6.1%, according to a Goldman Sachs note citing data as of May 22

In new launches, global financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management (CFAM) said it plans to launch a new fund that allows investors to profit from Bitcoin's growth while hedging downside risks with protection tied to the price of gold.; eries X Capital, a venture capital fund with links to Alphabet Inc.'s famed moonshot factory, X, has raised hundreds of millions to invest in the companies that spin off from the lab, and new asset manager Swiss Credit Partners, which offers financing solutions for medium-sized companies in Switzerland, has launched a fund - Vaudoise Insurances and Swiss Life have jointly made a starting capital commitment of......................

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