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Hedge funds are capitalising on mounting resistance to the European Union’s stringent ESG (environmental, social, and governance) regulations, advocating for exemptions from some of the bloc’s reporting requirements, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Despite a turbulent start to the year marked by geopolitical uncertainty and market volatility, major hedge funds posted positive returns in January, with multi-strategy firms including Walleye Capital and Balyasny Asset Management proving particularly resilient, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Bridgewater Associates’ flagship macro fund, Pure Alpha, achieved an 8.2% gain in January, navigating a volatile month marked by a sell-off in AI-related stocks and uncertainty surrounding the incoming US administration, according to a report by Reuters.

Saba Capital has suffered further blows in its ongoing effort to shake up Britain’s £269bn investment trust sector, as shareholders in two more trusts rejected the US activist hedge fund firm’s board proposals on Monday, according to a report by Reuters.

Hedge funds have poured billions into bets against the US stock market, anticipating a potential crash under Donald Trump’s presidency, according to a report by the Telegraph citing data from Goldman Sachs showing a sharp rise in short positions in US stocks.

Hedge funds and other institutional investors poured into euro zone government debt sales in January, capitalising on higher bond yields and favourable pricing dynamics to drive record demand, according to a report by Reuters.

Hedge fund giant Elliott Management has sounded the alarm on what it describes as a speculative frenzy in cryptocurrencies, blaming the Trump administration’s support for digital assets as a key driver of the bubble, according to a report the Financial Times.

Hedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates has warned that the rise of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek could trigger a short-term correction in tech stock prices, particularly among companies heavily invested in artificial intelligence, according to a report by Reuters.

Hedge funds Brookdale Investment Partners and Eisler Capital have taken a stand against Boaz Weinstein’s Saba Capital in a high-profile fight over control of seven UK investment trusts, according to reports.

Hedge funds were already hitting the brakes on their US artificial intelligence (AI) investments as China’s DeepSeek, a rising AI model, began to disrupt America’s dominance in the sector, according to a report by Reuters.

Global hedge fund assets soared to a record $4.51tn at the start of 2025, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of growth, as investors and fund managers positioned for sweeping policy changes under the Trump administration, according to the latest HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report.

Former Millennium portfolio manager Robert Bonte-Friedheim is gearing up to launch a London-headquartered equity hedge fund, Scarlet Macaw Capital, that will begin trading during the second quarter of the year with $200m, according to a report by Financial News.

RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s Emerging Market Credit Alpha Fund delivered a standout 21% return in 2024, significantly outpacing the 14% average for emerging-market (EM) debt hedge funds, according to a report by Bloomberg.