Institutional investors still grapple to secure reliable and consistent data to support their sustainable investment strategies, particularly as they venture into private markets, research reveals.
HFR writes that Asian and Emerging Markets hedge fund performance accelerated into 4Q25, navigating a sharp correction in cryptocurrencies which was offset by a powerful combination of factors including expectations for falling interest rates, improving global economic outlook, progress on trade/tariff negotiations and optimism over near-term resolution of ongoing military geopolitical conflicts.
HFRI writes that hedge fund performance accelerated in September for the fifth consecutive month led by Macro and quantitative trend following CTA strategies, as the US Federal Reserve lowered interest rates, and as M&A activity, including strategic corporate investment partnerships focusing on AI investment, continued to accelerate.
HFR writes that emerging markets’ hedge fund performance accelerated into 2H25, led by a powerful combination of factors including expectations for falling interest rates, improving global economic outlook, progress on trade/tariff negotiations and optimism over near-term resolution of ongoing military geopolitical conflicts.
Preqin’s Alternatives in North America report shows that North American private capital growth slowed as both fundraising and performance continue to come off previous highs from 2021 and 2022.
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.
HFR writes that total global hedge fund capital surged to a record level to begin 2025 as the Trump Administration began, capping a strong performance year while navigating inflation, and interest rate and generational geopolitical uncertainty in 2024.
BlackRock has agreed to acquire private markets data firm, Preqin, for GBP2.55 billion or approximately USD3.2 billion in cash.
