Category Archives: Hedge Fund Strategies

Hedge Fund Start-Ups Faced the Toughest Fundraising in Years as Capital Concentrated in the Largest Managers:

HedgeCo.Net — Launching a hedge fund has become harder as investors pour capital into established multi-strategy firms, leaving even well-backed new managers struggling to raise ou… Continue reading →

Asian Pensions, Family Offices and Wealth Managers Stepped Up Hedge Fund Allocations as Bonds Faltered as a Diversifier:

HedgeCo.Net — Hedge funds are drawing a rush of new capital from Asia as pensions, family offices and private wealth clients look beyond traditional stock and bond portfolios, Reut… Continue reading →

Tech Earnings Became a Key Test for Hedge Funds’ Struggling Dispersion Trades:

HedgeCo.Net — Hedge funds running equity dispersion strategies are looking to the coming technology earnings season to revive single-stock volatility after a decline in share-price… Continue reading →

Hedge Funds Stepped Up Purchases of Los Angeles Wildfire Claims as California’s Push to Curb Them Stalled:

HedgeCo.Net — Hedge funds are increasing their purchases of legal claims tied to the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires after a political effort to restrict the trades lost momentum, Bloom… Continue reading →

Hedge Funds Slipped an Estimated 0.7% in September as Macro and CTA Strategies Surged, HFR Said:

HedgeCo.Net — Hedge funds posted mixed results in September, with the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index declining an estimated 0.7% as gains in Macro strategies were offset by los… Continue reading →

Brevan Howard Tapped Ripple Prime for Multi-Asset Prime Brokerage, Clearing and Financing:

HedgeCo.Net — Brevan Howard, the global macro and digital-asset manager overseeing about $35 billion, has expanded its relationship with Ripple, which said on Tuesday that its Ripp… Continue reading →

IMF Said Hedge Fund Assets Have More Than Tripled to About $13 Trillion, Urging Closer Monitoring of Leverage:

HedgeCo.Net — The International Monetary Fund said hedge funds have more than tripled in size over the past decade and now play an increasingly central role in trading, liquidity p… Continue reading →

Bridgewater Pitched Policymakers on an AI “Token Tax” to Fund Citizen Equity Stakes:

HedgeCo.Net — Bridgewater Associates has moved from publishing research on artificial intelligence to actively lobbying for policy on it. The firm has held informal discussions wit… Continue reading →

Trend-Following Hedge Funds Returned 15.7% Through the Third Quarter, Outpacing the S&P 500:

HedgeCo.Net — Computer-driven trend-following hedge funds have become one of the standout strategies of 2026. Societe Generale’s SG CTA Index, the main benchmark for commodity trad… Continue reading →

Hedge Funds Rebuilt Net Short Positions Against the Japanese Yen:

HedgeCo.Net — Hedge funds have swung back to betting against the Japanese yen, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data for the week through September 29, 2026. Lever… Continue reading →

Citadel’s Flagship Gained 1.1% in September as Millennium Finished Flat:

HedgeCo.Net — A difficult September in fixed income produced a muted month for the largest multistrategy hedge funds, according to figures reported by Business Insider on October 1… Continue reading →

Volatility-Control Funds Neared Record Equity Exposure, Raising Selloff Risk:

HedgeCo.Net — Systematic volatility-control strategies have pushed equity allocations to the 98th percentile of their range since 2010, according to Deutsche Bank data cited by Reu… Continue reading →