Dan Wales, Director in Economic Research, Fulcrum Asset Management writes that since early 2025, US trade policy has shifted sharply toward protectionism, marked by a broad set of tariffs imposed under emergency and trade-related authorities.
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.
US trade policy and geopolitical tensions will hamper growth in the investment management industry, but assets are still expected to hit USD132 trillion by 2027.
Led by directional Equity Hedge and Event Driven strategies, hedge funds posted their strongest monthly gain since December 2023 in June to conclude 1H25, as reported today by HFR.
Event Driven, Equity Hedge and Cryptocurrency strategies led performance gains among hedge funds in May, as reported today by HFR.
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.
Active equity specialist ECP Asset Management writes that it is eyeing European wealth markets in Switzerland and the Nordics, as well as the Middle East to complement its UK and Ireland push as it continues its overseas expansion, with the regionally domiciled global growth strategy outperforming both its benchmark and peer group in its second year since inception.
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.
Preqin has published its Venture Capital Q4 2024: Preqin Quarterly Update report.
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.
