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In the week ending August 08th 2025, HFR reported that hedge funds extended strong 1H gains to begin the second half of the year, with leadership accelerating from directional Event Driven and Equity Hedge, which was driven by an improving outlook for M&A, trade negotiations, and overall economic outlook into 2H25.

HFRX Equity Hedge Index gained +0.79% in July (5% YTD) from gains in fundamental growth and value strategies partially offset by declines in market neutral strategies. The HFRX Fundamental Growth Index gained +1.67% from gains in exposure to small-cap US and European equities. The HFRX Fundamental Value Index gained +0.43% from gains concentrated in large-cap US and European equities. The HFRX Equity Market Netural Index declined -0.21% from declines in mean reverting, factor-based strategies.

Meanwhile, quant hedge funds might have finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel. After weeks of minor losses that one fund executive described as a "long, slow bleed," systematic funds ended July with a strong week, according to a note sent by Morgan Stanley to clients after trading last Thursday.

In new launches, Lee Ainslie's Maverick Capital is raising money for a new semiconductor fund and seeking to boost assets in its hedge funds, a rare expansion for the $10 billion firm that opened more than three decades ago; Global investment firm Carlyle has closed another U.S. opportunistic real estate fund (CRP X), raising $9 billion, which will target multiple asset classes, and PGIM, the investment management arm of Life insurer Prudential Financial, has raised $4.2 billio......................

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