Hedge funds navigated a historic volatility surge and violent extremes in risk sentiment, as global financial markets plunged in early April on trade and tariff uncertainty before posting an equally historic and dramatic recovery from the intra-month decline, with most equity indices ending the month with de minimis changes over the prior month, says HFR.
IG Prime reports that 64 per cent are looking to change fees to steal a march on competitors while16 per cent say they are under pressure from clients to change fees.
A new report from FX-as-a-Service provider, MillTechFX, has revealed that over four-fifths (86 per cent) of fund managers hedge their foreign exchange (FX), providing them with a degree of protection from increased currency volatility due to rising geopolitical uncertainty.
Emerging Markets and Asian hedge funds led industry wide gains in early 2025 as financial market volatility surged as a result of tariff and trade uncertainty, with volatility also rising on sharp declines in both technology equities and cryptocurrencies, pushing both into market corrections through mid-1Q25.
HFR writes that hedge funds posted mixed performance in February as financial market volatility surged as a result of new trade and tariff policies, with equity market declines led by steep drops in the growth and technology categories.
Just 16 per cent of investors in hedge fund were disappointed by their hedge fund’s performance last year, according to new research from IG Prime, the prime broker for hedge funds, other institutions and family offices. By contrast, 30 per cent of hedge fund investors said they felt their hedge fund investments outperformed in 2024.
Global institutional investors are feeling bullish about the return potential from fixed income hedge funds, according to research commissioned by RBC BlueBay Asset Management. The report revealed that nearly two-thirds of global institutional investors (63 per cent) expect annual returns of 10 per cent or higher from fixed income hedge funds.
Kepler Partners has hosted the first of its new CIO Perspectives event series, bringing together senior allocators from across the industry to discuss pertinent themes in alternatives. The inaugural panel featured speakers from UBS, UBP and Lombard Odier, who shared their thoughts on the outlook for hedge funds.
Hedge funds’ data provider, HFR writes that hedge funds gained in January to begin 2025 navigating a volatile month, highlighted by the inauguration of Donald Trump as the US President, confirmation procedures of key appointed Cabinet positions, and a wide range of executive orders implementing policy changes across a number of areas including immigration, trade/tariffs, energy policy and spending reductions.
Preqin has published its Hedge Funds Q4 2024: Preqin Quarterly Update report which reveals that Preqin’s All Hedge Fund index gained 2.4 per cent in Q4 2024, as the index gained 12.6 per cent over the year 2024 according to most recent performance data.
