Tag Archives: leverage
Hedge Funds Hit by “Heaviest Drawdown” in 4 Years:
Volatility Returns with Force as Macro Shocks Expose Fragility in Crowded Trades (HedgeCo.Net) — April 2026 is shaping up to be a defining moment for the global hedge fund industry. After a prolonged period of relative stability and steady inflows, the […]
The Multi-Manager “Mini-Correction” — Cracks in the Industry’s Most Consistent Machines?
(HedgeCo.Net) For more than a decade, the multi-manager hedge fund model has stood as the gold standard of consistency in alternative investments. Firms like Citadel, Millennium Management, and Point72 Asset Management have delivered remarkably stable returns across market cycles, attracting tens of billions in […]
McKinsey 2026 Private Markets Report: “Alpha Must Be Made” — The End of Easy Money and the Rise of Operational Excellence:
(HedgeCo.Net) — A defining message is echoing across boardrooms, investment committees, and private equity deal teams worldwide: the era of easy returns is over. In its highly anticipated 2026 private markets outlook, McKinsey & Company delivers a blunt assessment of the industry’s new […]
Jamie Dimon and Boaz Weinstein’s $40 Trillion Private Credit Warning:
Rising Concerns Over Leverage, “Garbage Lending,” and the Next Potential Credit Crisis: (HedgeCo.Net) The global financial system is once again confronting a familiar question: Where is the next credit crisis hiding? In the years following the 2008 global financial crisis, regulators […]
AI Shock Hits Alts: Blackstone, Apollo, KKR, Ares and Blue Owl Defend Private Credit:
(HedgeCo.Net) The most important “today” story across the largest alternative investment firms isn’t a single mega-deal—it’s a market narrative shift that’s forcing the entire private-capital complex to explain itself in real time. Over the last week, a broad sell-off in […]
Software Short Seller Nets $24 Billion:
(HedgeCo.Net) In a financial era defined by algorithmic trading and passive index fund dominance, the recent headline—“Software Short Seller Nets $24 Billion”—has sent a seismic shock through Wall Street. It is a staggering figure, one that rivals the GDP of […]
One Man Hedge Fund has caught the attention of Industry Giants:
(HedgeCo.Net) In an industry that often equates scale with edge—more analysts, more data, more technology, more leverage—Lucida Capital is an uncomfortable counterexample. The Canada-based hedge fund is operated solely by Francis Lau, and yet it posted a 65% gain from April […]
Hedge Funds Pivot and Wall Street Is Watching:
(HedgeCo.Net) The biggest story in hedge funds today isn’t a single trade or a single firm’s quarterly number—it’s a capital shift that is rapidly becoming structural: allocators are consolidating into fewer, larger multi-strategy hedge funds, fighting for capacity, and effectively […]
Hedge Funds at a Turning Point:
(HedgeCo.Net) In what many industry insiders are calling the most significant development shaping hedge fund strategy and market positioning in 2026, the United States’ largest hedge funds are benefiting from a remarkably strong performance backdrop in 2025, driving major revenue gains […]
Private Credit’s 2026 Opening Bell: Bigger Funds, Insurer Partnerships, and a New Scrutiny Cycle
(HedgeCo.Net) Private credit is starting 2026 the way it ended 2025: with scale—and with a growing spotlight on what that scale means for returns, liquidity, and risk. Over the past 48 hours, two developments have crystallized the story investors are watching […]
Sovereign funds join forces for strategic investment
Reuters – An increasing number of sovereign wealth funds are working in concert to make joint strategic investments in order to reduce risks and maximize returns, which could provide a stabilizing force in financial markets. State-owned funds from China, Singapore, […]
KBC says stops BlueCrest fund leverage facility
Reuters – Belgian bank KBC said it had terminated a $219 million leverage facility it provided to BlueCrest Specialty Asset Finance, a fund run by UK hedge funds manager BlueCrest Capital Management. It was not immediately clear how much of […]