Hedge funds posted a historic performance surge in April, reversing a sharp March decline, with the HFRI generating its strongest gain since November 2020 and the second largest return since May 2009, according to Ken Heinz, HFR President.
Tokyo and Luxembourg have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen cooperation between the two international financial centres at a time of heightened geopolitical uncertainty, growing capital needs for decarbonisation, and accelerating digital transformation in financial services.
Total global hedge fund industry capital pushed further above the historic USD5 trillion milestone, jumping for the 14th consecutive quarter in 1Q26 and extending to a new record USD5.22 trillion, as reported in the latest HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report.
Bloomberg has introduced its Private Direct Lending Data offering, writing that this brings greater visibility and normalisation to the fragmented private credit data landscape.
Tycho Capital (“Tycho”), the recently rebranded asset management division of Kepler Partners LLP, has announced the launch of its Fund Structuring Solutions offering, a comprehensive Dublin-domiciled UCITS platform (FSS ICAV) designed to help asset managers build, launch and scale funds through seamless integration, robust operational support and strategic guidance.
HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has announced the launch of the HSBC Euro Government Liquidity Fund, designed to offer institutional investors a euro liquidity solution focused on capital preservation and liquidity to support their day-to-day cash management needs.
Bloomberg has introduced MYQ, a price monitoring tool that displays FX quotes detected by Bloomberg’s NLP within a user’s Instant Bloomberg (IB) chats.
CFA Society of the UK (CFA UK) has announced the pilot and pre-registration for its latest qualification, the Investment Business Award.
Hedge funds posted a sharp decline in March as the Iran military conflict escalated and oil prices spiked, writes HFR, resulting in a historic surge in volatility and steep declines across equity and fixed income markets as investors re-priced risk and positioned for higher interest rates in 2026.
Canoe Intelligence and Bloomberg have announced a certified integration that automates the delivery of private fund data directly into PORT Enterprise, Bloomberg’s premium portfolio and risk analytics offering.
