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In the week ending June 13th 2025, HFR reported that Event Driven, Equity Hedge and Cryptocurrency strategies led performance gains among hedge funds in May. Hedge fund performance dispersion contracted in May, as the top decile of the HFRI FWC constituents advanced by an average of +10.6 percent, while the bottom decile fell by an average of -4.6 percent, representing a top/bottom dispersion of 15.2 percent for the month. By comparison, the top/bottom performance dispersion in April was 17.0 percent. In the trailing 12 months ending May 2025, the top decile of FWC constituents gained +31.1 percent, while the bottom decile declined -25.3 percent, representing a top/bottom dispersion of 56.4 percent. Approximately seventy percent (70%) of hedge funds produced positive performance in May.

Meanwhile, the hedge fund industry's assets under management have hit an all-time high of about $5.7 trillion through the end of the first quarter, according to a new report from Nasdaq eVestment. Hedge funds saw net inflows of $27.6 billion during the first quarter of 2025 and $30.7 billion over the past 12 months, according to Nasdaq eVestment.

Incidentally, a new research from IG Prime revealed that 70% of hedge funds now invest in private markets. Investor demand for hedge funds to improve their returns has led to more of them to invest in a wider array of alternatives such as private credit, private equity and private real estate as some of the more "traditional" hedge fund strategies have failed to deliver over the last few years.

In new launches, Canadian asset manager BMO Global Asset Management (BMO GAM) announced the launch of its new ......................

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