HRF writes that total global hedge fund industry capital rose for an eighth consecutive quarter in 3Q25 to reach a record USD4.98 trillion as hedge fund managers and investors successfully responded to powerful risk-on sentiment across strategies and regional markets.
HFRI writes 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
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HFR writes that total global hedge fund capital surged to a record level in 2Q 2025 as hedge funds successfully navigated the violent volatility to begin the quarter, with the risk environment evolving rapidly through quarter-end towards the passage of US budget legislation, improved 2H economic outlook, progress on trade and tariffs, and moderation of geopolitical risks.
Event Driven, Equity Hedge and Cryptocurrency strategies led performance gains among hedge funds in May, as reported today by HFR.
Preqin has published its Hedge Funds Q3 2024: Preqin Quarterly Update report which shows that Preqin’s All Hedge Fund Index was up 3.48 per cent (by net return) in Q3 2024, up from a 0.39 per cent uptick in Q2 2024.
Preqin has announced the launch of Term Intelligence, writing that this latest offering introduces one of the largest searchable databases of Limited Partner Agreement (LPA) terms globally and enables enhanced private fund negotiations.
Constantly evolving ESG data is the biggest challenge for financial firms in Europe, according to Bloomberg research.
Bloomberg and General Index (GX) have announced the expansion of their strategic collaboration which builds on the foundational commodities market information available via the Bloomberg Terminal function, Bloomberg Spot Oil {BOIL
Alternatives data provider, Preqin, has published its Hedge Funds Q4 2023: Preqin Quarterly Update report which finds that equity strategies were the best performing core hedge fund strategy in Q4 2023 and for the year, returning 7.2 per cent and 13.4 per cent to investors, respectively.
