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HedgeCo.Net \u2014 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 and 2, 2026 and attributed to people close to the firms. Citadel\u2019s flagship multistrategy fund gained 1.1% in the month, lifting its year-to-date return to 13.4%, while Izzy Englander\u2019s roughly $97 billion Millennium Management finished September flat and is up 8.1% for the year.<\/p>\n
The dispersion was most visible among managers with heavy rates exposure. Michael Gelband\u2019s ExodusPoint Capital Management, whose founder once ran Millennium\u2019s fixed-income unit, lost 0.7% in September and has returned 4.1% in 2026, according to the same reporting. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors\u2019 flagship fund was flat for the month and is up 6.8% on the year. The firms named declined to comment.<\/p>\n
At Citadel, which manages about $76 billion, the equities franchise did much of the work. All four of the firm\u2019s fundamental equities businesses were reported positive in September, and its Tactical Trading fund, which blends quantitative and discretionary stock pickers, is up 28% year to date. Stock pickers more broadly had an easier month than macro and rates desks: the S&P 500 finished September down roughly 0.5%, yet managers including North Rock Capital and Dymon Asia were reported to have made money.<\/p>\n
The pattern reinforces a theme allocators have watched all year. Platform funds with deep, diversified equity pods have been able to absorb drawdowns in their bond books, while managers more concentrated in rates and relative value have had less room to offset a sell-off in Treasuries. With pass-through fees and capacity constraints still defining the multistrategy model, a flat or low single-digit month can look very different net of costs depending on where the gains were generated.<\/p>\n
For investors reviewing multistrategy exposure into year-end, the September numbers argue for looking beneath headline returns at the sources of P&L, the share of risk allocated to fixed income, and how quickly each platform cut gross exposure as rates moved. With one quarter left, the gap between Citadel\u2019s 13.4% and the mid-single-digit returns at several peers is wide enough to shape fourth-quarter redemption and allocation conversations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
HedgeCo.Net \u2014 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\u2026 Continue reading