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Opalesque Roundup: Event-Driven Records, FSB Warning, and a Korean Credit Push: hedge fund news
Monday, May 11, 2026

Hedge funds emerged from April with one of their strongest monthly returns in years, and the early-May news flow reflected the resulting confidence. Multi-manager platforms entrenched their leadership, Asia took center stage with two notable cross-border deals, and regulators turned up the heat on private credit. Below, the Opalesque Exclusives that defined the week, followed by a roundup of the broader market action covered across Opalesque's daily Alternative Market Briefing.

Opalesque Exclusives
Event-driven notches second-best month on record as hedge funds stage historic April rebound

Hedge funds posted one of the most powerful monthly snapbacks in their history. The HFRI Event-Driven Index logged its second-best month ever, and the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite returned +4.79%, the seventh-best monthly print since 1990. Managers benefited from a sharp post-tariff equity recovery and tightening risk arbitrage spreads, with technology- and special situations-tilted books leading. Read the full exclusive at ......................

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