{"id":91174,"date":"2025-11-13T00:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=91174"},"modified":"2025-11-13T01:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:39:13","slug":"waces-performance-edges-higher-eureka-market-neutral-funds-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/11\/2025\/waces-performance-edges-higher-eureka-market-neutral-funds-shine.html","title":{"rendered":"Wace\u2019s Performance Edges Higher: Eureka Market-Neutral Funds Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/10\/Paul_Marshall_speaking_at_ARC_Forum_2023%2C_30_October_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/10\/Paul_Marshall_speaking_at_ARC_Forum_2023%2C_30_October_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(HedgeCo.Net)  UK-based hedge fund firm Marshall Wace posted positive results in October 2025 across key funds, according to Reuters. Its Eureka Fund rose&nbsp;<strong>2.64%<\/strong>&nbsp;for the month, bringing its YTD return to&nbsp;<strong>10.72%<\/strong>. Additionally, its Market Neutral Tops fund gained&nbsp;<strong>1.15%<\/strong>&nbsp;in October, lifting YTD to&nbsp;<strong>14.96%<\/strong>.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/marshall-wace-hedge-fund-posts-positive-returns-october-says-source-2025-11-07\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What makes this noteworthy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A ~10\u201315% YTD return places these funds in the upper percentile of industry performance. According to data from Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR), the top decile of funds averaged returns around +7.7% in October alone.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/institutionalassetmanager.co.uk\/hfri-macro-sees-extended-hedge-fund-surge\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institutional Asset Manager+1<\/a><\/li><li>With the Eureka Fund gaining 2.64% in October, Marshall Wace beat many peers and clearly benefited from niche equity-long\/short models and market-neutral strategies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategic factors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Market Neutral fund\u2019s strong YTD of nearly 15% highlights that non-directional strategies (less dependent on broad market moves) are rewarded when dispersion is high.<\/li><li>October was positive for sectors like healthcare (+8.4%) and TMT (+2.1%) \u2014 where bottom-up stock-picking tends to be more effective.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/boards-policy-regulation\/how-hedge-funds-performed-october-2025-11-07\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters+1<\/a><\/li><li>Marshall Wace\u2019s expertise in systematic stocks, liquidity management and global long\/short gives it the agility in complex environments.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Investor implications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For allocators seeking hedge funds with both equity and market-neutral exposures, Marshall Wace is a contender given its results.<\/li><li>But, as with any hedge fund, historical performance is not a guarantee. Market regimes shift, and a fund with strong historical results may underperform if conditions evolve.<\/li><li>Due diligence should focus on risk-adjusted returns, drawdown control and strategy diversification.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Marshall Wace\u2019s October results reaffirm that well-run long\/short and market-neutral funds can deliver in environments of moderate dispersion. Their out-performance among large funds in 2025 makes them a fund to monitor closely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(HedgeCo.Net) UK-based hedge fund firm Marshall Wace posted positive results in October 2025 across key funds, according to Reuters. Its Eureka Fund rose&nbsp;2.64%&nbsp;for the month, bringing its YTD return to&nbsp;10.72%. Additionally, its Market Neutral Tops fund gained&nbsp;1.15%&nbsp;in October, lifting YTD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16042,16,3,16048],"tags":[4526],"class_list":["post-91174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedge-fund-performance-2","category-hedgeco-networks-press-releases","category-hedgeco-news","category-hedgecovest-news","tag-hedge-fund-performance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91186,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91174\/revisions\/91186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}