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Biggest Hedge Funds Extend Gains In Chaotic First Half
The biggest hedge funds added to their gains in June, sailing through the first half of the year amid global market chaos sparked by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the Israel-Iran war. Multistrats generally rode out the market swings that followed various US tariff announcements and pauses, keeping their losses to a minimum. And as markets settled, […]
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On the Same Page: Manager–Allocator Alignment in a Shifting Market
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AQR’s Cliff Asness weighs in on machine learning, quant credit, problems with private markets for retail investors
AQR’s Cliff Asness on machine learning, quant credit and problems with private markets in retail. Full story in the link below.
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May in review: Stocks rebound, macro dispersion and equity quant remains top YTD
Hedge funds posted average gains of 2% in May, as the market rebound boosted equity players and managers added to their risk albeit cautiously given this year’s volatility. Alpha not beta remains the story of the year, with most strategies ahead of major equity benchmarks, according to New York research firm PivotalPath, even after the […]
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Pivotal Point of View – June 2025
The majority of strategies enjoyed a healthy May as equity markets roared back to life and macro trends continued to provide opportunities.
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The Billionaire Odd Couple Whose Hedge Fund Is Killing It
The Wall Street Journal again using a PivotalPath index as context on one of the hedge fund sector’s most storied firms PivotalPath’s industry leading indices stem from the sector’s most representative coverage and a cast iron commitment to data integrity. While hedge fund database businesses sell funds’ private data to their direct peers, PivotalPath’s expert-led […]
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Pivotal Point of View – May 2025
A tariff U-turn sparked life back into the markets at month end, but many strategies still struggled to get on top of April’s wild swings
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Pivotal Point of View – April 2025
Tariffs caused markets to tumble, managers sold off at the most accelerated rate in over a decade, and adjusted for new economic conditions by cutting gross and net leverage.
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Hedge funds miss out on US equities rally but suffer smaller losses in volatile two days
Global equities long/short hedge funds missed out on most of Wednesday’s massive rally in U.S. stocks, triggered by President Donald Trump’s pause on some tariffs for 90 days, but managed to limit their losses during Thursday’s sell-off. The funds were up 0.98% on April 9, while the S&P 500 (.SPX), opens new tab index soared 9.5%, according to numbers compiled by […]
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Investors learned a painful lesson on portable alpha during the financial crisis. Why they’re now taking a second look.
Hedge fund investors are increasingly paying attention to a strategy that hit its zenith of popularity and assets nearly two decades ago before being badly battered during the global financial crisis: portable alpha. The Global Financial Crisis exposed significant weaknesses and the strategy took a beating. But is it getting a second chance? Jon Caplis […]
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