In the week ending December 11th 2023, the best performing hedge funds are falling victim to their own success as institutional investors such as pension funds and university endowments cut back their most profitable positions to make up for pain elsewhere. Investors yanked $38 billion from top perf

In the week ending Dec. 8th 2023, HFR revealed that hedge fund performance jumped in November. Equity Hedge funds, which invest long and short across specialized sub-strategies, led November strategy performance, with Quantitative Directional, Technology, Fundamental Value, and Healthcare as top sub

In the week ending December 01st 2023, Citco said that the hedge funds saw performance dip once again in October, continuing the recent downward trend, with an overall weighted average return of -0.4% t

In the week ending November 24th 2023, hedge fund crowding has hit its highest on record, as asset managers have upped their bets on the "Magnificent 7" tech stocks that have juiced up portfolio returns this year, Goldman Sachs said. Megacap growth and technology stocks accounted for 13%

In the week ending November 17, 2023, Goldman Sachs said without citing the underlying reasons that global hedge funds built bearish positions this week to the highest level in nearly five years. The ratio between long and short positions is at a historical low, below 1.7 times. At the beginning of

In the week ending November 10th 2023, HFR reported that macro hedge funds produced gains through the volatile month of October as volatility surged on a spike in geopolitic

In the week ending November 03rd 2023, data from hedge fund research firm PivotalPath showed that hedge funds are increasingly adopting a more defensive strategy as concerns about the macroeconomic environment have made making directional bets on the stock market harder, PivotalPath said. U.S. equit

In the week ending October 27th 2023, HFR reported that hedge fund capital surpassed the $4 trillion milestone to begin the fourth quarter, with increases driven by ma

In the week ending October 06th 2023, HFR reported that new hedge fund launches surged through mid-2023 as managers shifted the strategic growth focus to aggressive e

In the week ending September 29th 2023, authorities have arrested crypto fugitive Su Zhu, co-founder of the bankrupt digital asset hedge fund Three Arrows Capital. Liquidators handling the bankruptcy estate of the collapsed fund said Zhu was apprehended at Changi Airport in Singapore while apparentl

In the week ending September 22nd 2023, Financial Times reported that hedge funds are piling into the oil market betting that prices will soon pass $100 a barrel, adding impetus to a rally sparked by production and export cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia. Riyadh's extension until December of a

In the week ending September 15th 2023, HFR reported that hedge funds posted mixed strategy performance in the volatile month of August as inflationary pressures remained persistent, interest rates increased, and equities declined. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) fell -0.5 percent for t

In the week ending September 8th 2023, G20 risk watchdog Financial Stability Board (FSB) warned that leverage is now very high in parts of the $7 trillion hedge fund sector, while noting that significant data gaps make it hard to get a full picture of vulnerabilities among "non-banks". Man

In the week ending September 01st, 2023, eVestment reported that investors removed an estimated net of $5.6 billion from hedge funds in July. Performance accounted for an increase in asset

In the week ending August 25th 2023, a report in FT said that hedge funds that try to make money by betting on prevailing trends in global markets are struggling to repeat their bumper 2022 as violent swings in asset prices and rapid shifts in investors' interest rate expectations throw them off bal

Opalesque Roundup: Global hedge funds slash its position in Chinese companies: hedge fund news In the week ending August 18th 2023, media reported that global hedge funds are "aggressively" selling Chinese stocks amid heightened concerns over the country's property sector and a

In the week ending August 11th 2023, a study revealed that the hedge fund industry by assets under management value is expected to grow from USD 4.60 trillion in 2023 to USD 5.37 trillion by

In the week ending August 04th 2023, a Goldman Sachs report showed that global long/short hedge funds, those that bet stocks will fall or rise, were forced to unwind bearish bets that were dragging down performance in July. Long/short funds are on track to post the worst monthly so-called alpha perf

In the week ending June 28th 2023, the new data from asset servicer Citco revealed that hedge funds saw an overall weighted average return of 2.77% in Q2, taking YTD average weigh

In the week ending July 21st 2023, a report in Financial Times said that hedge funds that bet on the outcome of mergers and acquisitions have suffered losses this year as big deals hit regulatory roadblocks and the pipeline for transactions dries up. So-called merger arbitrage traders, who buy stake

In the week ending June 14th 2023, HFR revealed that hedge funds surged in June as Technology, AI and Growth led gains complemented by Shareholder Activist and Multi-Strategy

In the week ending July 07th 2023, HFR reported that new hedge fund launches were steady to begin 2023 as managers positioned for opportunities in Technology, Artificial Intelligence,

In the week ending June 30th 2023, the HFR Asian Hedge Fund Industry Report said that Japanese and Emerging Markets hedge funds extended gains to begin 2023, driven by optimism toward peaking U.S. and global inflation, and the near end of the US-led interest rate increasing cycle. Asian currencies,

In the week ending June 23rd 2023, HFR stated that the hedge fund industry's performance has been underwhelming thus far in 2023. The HFRI Index shows year-to-date returns

In the week ending June 16th 2023, eVestment said that April was another month of net outflows for the hedge fund industry , though as is frequently the case there are bo

In the week ending June 9th 2023, the HFR revealed that hedge funds posted mixed performance in May as banking volatility evolved throughout the month following the closure and

In the week ending June 2nd 2023, Barclay Fund Flow Indicator revealed that hedge fund industry redemptions continued in March from the prior month's level with -$18.31

In the week ending May 26th 2023, the Nasdaq eVestment revealed that investors pulled $11.57 billion out of hedge funds in April, marking the sector's biggest month of fund outflows of the year. The exodus was concentrated in equity hedged funds, where $8.94 billion of funds were removed in Apri

In the week ending May 19th 2023, the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge said that the hedge fund industry built on its prior month's gains in April,

In the week ending May 12th 2023, Reuters reported quoting Preqin that hedge fund launches in 2023 are at their lowest level globally since 2017 against a backdrop of banking upheaval and bouts of market volatility. So far this year, 180 funds have started or plan to start trading, Preqin said. Untr

In the week ending May 05th 2023, legendary activist investor Carl Icahn has been accused of using a "ponzi-like" structure to mask the reality of years of terrible performance and overvaluation of its holdings - the charges came in a new report from Nate Anderson's Hindenburg Research

In the week ending April 28th 2023, Barclay Fund Flow Indicator said that after gulping fresh lungfuls of air in January, many hedge fund managers found themselves pushed

In the week ending April 21st 2023, HFR reported that hedge funds gained through the volatile first quarter, as these risks complemented the ongoing macroeconomic

In the week ending April 14th, 2023, data released by HFR revealed that hedge funds posted mixed performance in March as bank risk soared amidst instability and dislocation

In the week ending March 31st 2023, the HFR Market Microstructure Report revealed that new hedge fund launches were on the rise in 4Q 2022 as the industry headed into 2

In the week ending March 24th 2023, HFR Asian Hedge Fund Industry Report and the HFR Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Industry Report revealed that Emerging Markets hedge funds sur

In the week ending March 17th 2023, Barclay Hedge Fund Index revealed that the hedge fund industry lost ground in February, slipping -1.16% for the month. Despite the loss, the hedge fun

In the week ending March 10th 2023, HFR launched the HFRI 400 (US) Indices, a first of its kind Index comprised of private hedge funds open to U.S. taxable investors, making

Opalesque Roundup: 2023 could be a strong year for hedge funds, says abrdn : hedge fund news, week 08 In the week ending March 03rd 2023, global asset manager abrdn said that 2023 could be a st

In the week ending February 24th 2023, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), in partnership with RSM International, has published new research into the evolving relationships of

In the week ending February 10th 2023, a report by HFR revealed that hedge funds surged to begin 2023 as risk-on sentiment dominated financial markets and investors positioned for a moderation of inflationary pressures and interest rate increases through mid-2023, despite continued uncertainty over

In the week ending February 1st 2023, Preqin reported that global hedge fund returns fell by 6.5% in 2022, marking the biggest decline since 2008, when returns plummeted 13%. For comparison, the MSCI World Index, a broad global equity index that tracks the performance of large and mid-cap equities

In the week ending January 27th 2023, HFR reported that hedge funds gained in the fourth quarter to conclude a volatile year, with managers navigating a complicated dyn

In the week ending January 20th 2023, the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge revealed that as recession fears continued to pull equity markets down in December, the

In the week ending January 13th 2023, a report by HFR revealed that hedge funds posted mixed performance in December to conclude the volatile 2022, though still outperformed ac

In the week ending January 6th 2023, HFR, a hedge fund research firm, said that new hedge fund launches in 3Q 2022 ticked lower than the prior quarter, reaching the lowest