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.
Kepler Absolute’s Hedge report highlights the top performing macro funds in the liquid alternatives space in 2024, revealing that 2024 was a strong year for Absolute Return UCITS funds, with the AH Global Index returning 5.4 per cent, outperforming both cash and global fixed income.
Hedge funds gained in December to conclude a volatile year, navigating election and geopolitical risks, falling but persistent inflation, and surging cryptocurrency prices, according to HFR.
Preqin has published its Alternatives in Europe 2024 report, which shows that European private equity fundraising reached EUR118 billion in the first half of 2024 and could be a record year. However, there are signs a slowdown is due in the second half of the year.
Preqin’s July hedge fund report highlights that Preqin’s All Hedge Fund Index was up by 1.61 per cent in July 2024, only 17 basis points off the MSCI World Index, at 1.78 per cent – the closest gap between the two indices since July 2019.
The latest hedge fund report from Preqin highlights that APAC-focused hedge funds outperformed North America- and Europe-focused funds in Q2 2024.
PwC’s Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2024-28, covering 13 sectors across 53 countries and territories, reports that global advertising revenues are to hit USD1 trillion in 2026 as streaming services look to consolidation and live sports to drive growth.
London-based Nickel Digital Asset Management (Nickel) writes that it has delivered a record first half performance at its systematic Diversified Alpha Fund.
Tradeweb Markets has reported total trading volume for the month of June 2024 of USD37.5 trillion (tln). Average daily volume (ADV) for the month was USD1.94tn, an increase of 40.9 per cent) year-over-year (YoY). For the second quarter of 2024, total trading volume was USD121.0 tln and ADV was USD1.92 tln, an increase of 48.3 per cent YoY, with preliminary average variable fees per million dollars of volume traded of USD2.43.
IT provider RFA has announced they have been awarded regulated status under the CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier), which is responsible for all regulation in Luxembourg.
