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Prime Capital posts strong absolute return results in a year of extreme market conditions

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers:

Frankfurt-based Prime Capital AG has reported its absolute return results for 2025, delivering positive, largely uncorrelated performance across both of its flagship hedge fund portfolios despite a year marked by political shocks, geopolitical tensions, and rapidly shifting market regimes. The firm attributed its results to disciplined risk management and diversified alpha sources spanning market-neutral, event-driven, arbitrage, and macro strategies.

PCAM Blue Chip: +10.8% Net with Near-Zero Equity Beta

PCAM Blue Chip Ltd, Prime Capital's flagship fund-of-funds focused on large, institutionally established managers, delivered a net return of +10.8% (USD share class) for 2025, with an equity market beta close to zero. All five of the fund's core strategy building blocks contributed positively over the course of the year - multi-strategy, fundamental equity, quantitative, macro, and event-driven. The firm noted significant dispersion between individual managers and sub-strategies, underscoring the value of broad diversification and active portfolio construction.

PCAM Select: +7.7% Net from Niche and Specialist Strategies

PCAM Select, which complements the flagship offering by focusing on specialized and niche hedge fund strategies, returned ......................

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