Liquid Alternatives News

Hedge funds kicked off the second half of 2025 on a positive note, building on strong first-half gains as improving sentiment around M&A activity, global trade negotiations and the economic outlook fuelled risk-on positioning across a range of strategies, according to a data from HFR.

Menos AI, a fintech start-up founded by investment and AI veterans, has launched its flagship product—Sonαr, an intelligent research agent built specifically for hedge funds and institutional asset managers.

Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital is expanding for the first time in years, launching a semiconductor-focused vehicle and actively raising capital for its hedge funds – moves that mark a rare growth initiative for the $10bn firm founded over three decades ago, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Long-short equity managers outpaced other hedge fund strategies i-n July, capitalising on record equity market highs, while systematic hedge funds faltered and multistrategy platforms posted mixed results, according to a report by Reuters citing data from Goldman Sachs and other industry sources.

Millennium Management has made its first-ever allocation to a South Korean hedge fund manager, entrusting $250m to Seoul-based Billionfold Asset Management in a separately managed account focused on Korean equities, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Quantitative hedge funds specialising in trend-following strategies are facing one of their toughest years in decades, as sharp reversals, policy shocks and sideways markets confound the models they rely on to detect and ride sustained price trends, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

Multi-strategy hedge funds posted mixed results in July as equity markets edged higher despite ongoing volatility, with Citadel emerging as a relative standout among peers including Schonfeld and Marshall Wace, according to a report by Business Insider.

Chris Rokos is the latest high-profile hedge fund manager to join the growing cohort of macro and multi-strategy firms returning capital to investors, as Rokos Capital Management looks to cap its assets under management at $20bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Hedge funds sharply increased their long positions in crude oil last week, seizing on geopolitical tensions as Donald Trump escalated pressure on Russia – a move that raised concerns about supply disruptions and fuelled a rally in oil markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Point72 Asset Management, the multi-strategy hedge fund led by billionaire investor Steve Cohen, is set to launch its first venture capital fund open to external clients, with a sharp focus on the rapidly evolving defence technology sector, according to a report by Bloomberg

Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, has officially exited the hedge fund he launched nearly five decades ago, selling his remaining ownership stake back to the firm, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing a letter sent to investors.

Carrhae Capital, a London-based emerging markets hedge fund, is preparing to launch a $700m long-only strategy that will exclude China entirely – responding to growing demand from US institutional investors seeking to remove Chinese exposure from their portfolios, according to a report by Bloomberg.