Liquid Alternatives / Trends

Global long-short equity hedge funds underperformed sharply during the recent US stock market surge but showed resilience as markets turned volatile again, according to a report by Reuters citing prime brokerage data from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, has weighed in on the escalating tariff tensions, urging the US to strike a trade agreement with China and shift focus toward fiscal consolidation, according to reports.

Hedge funds including Citadel, Balayasny, and Qube, are accelerating their push to add Asian power market traders lured by surging volatility and structural opportunities in deregulated electricity systems across Japan and Australia, according to a report by Bloomberg.

The US Treasury market – long viewed as the global bedrock of financial safety – is flashing red as hedge funds dump positions en masse, triggering sharp selloffs and prompting fears of a broader liquidity crunch, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Prominent hedge fund figures, including Pershing Square Founder and long-time Donald Trump supporter Bill Ackman, have come out forcefully against the President’s sweeping new tariffs, warning that the looming trade regime risks inflicting significant damage on financial markets and the US economy, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Hedge funds have been hit with the steepest margin calls since the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, as last week’s tariff-fueled sell-off sparked a wave of forced deleveraging across the industry, according to a report by the Financial Times citing data from prime brokerage sources including Morgan Stanley.

Mit seinem regelbasierten Replikationsansatz bietet DBi einen neu gedachten Zugang zu Managed-Futures-Strategien – liquide, transparent und deutlich günstiger als klassische Hedgefonds-Lösungen. Im Gespräch mit e-fundresearch.com erläutert Co-Gründer Mathias Mamou-Mani, wie DBi institutionelle Strategien demokratisieren will.