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<p><span>Hedge funds posted gains in April as banking turmoil and volatility accelerated throughout the month and extended into May with the closure and distressed acquisition of First Republic Bank. The HFRI 500 Fund Weighted Composite Index advanced +0.4 percent (estimated) in April, as managers effectively navigated the recent surge in banking volatility with performance gains led by Macro strategies. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index</span><span>®</spa...

Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management has changed its terms to ensure that clients always pay a minimum fee, even if the hedge fund loses money.

<p><span>Hedge funds posted mixed performance in December to conclude the volatile 2022, though still outperformed accelerating declines in equity and fixed income markets as investors positioned for continued macroeconomic uncertainty in 2023 driven by generational inflation, rising interest rates and possible economic slowdown. Cryptocurrencies also remained highly uncertain following the 4Q collapse of the FTX exchange platform.</span></p>

Hedge fund capital decline slows as financial market volatility accelerates in Q3 2022; HFRI 500 Macro Index surges 17% YTD as currencies, commodities, risk mitigation and CTAs extend 2022 gains.

The HFRI 500 Macro Index gained +13.2% in 1H 2022 and the HFRI 500 Fund Weighted Composite Index declined -4.1%

Hedge funds declined in June as equity markets extended steep YTD losses, with equities completing the worst first half of a calendar year in over 50 years, volatility accelerated across global equity, bonds and commodity markets, and investors positioned for the US economy to enter recession as a result of generational inflation.

<p><span>Hedge funds declined in June as equity markets extended steep YTD losses, with equities completing the worst first half of a calendar year in over 50 years, volatility accelerated across global equity, bonds and commodity markets, and investors positioned for the US economy to enter recession as a result of generational inflation. The investable HFRI 500 Fund Weighted Composite Index declined -2.6 percent for the month, the largest decline since March 2020, as gains in quant...

Institutional investors allocated the largest amount of new capital to hedge funds since 2015 in 1Q 2022

Macro hedge funds led industry-wide gains in February, extending the strong start to 2022 by again posting negatively-correlated gains as financial market volatility surged across equity, fixed income, commodity, and currency markets as Russia invaded Ukraine.

<p><span>Macro hedge funds led industry-wide gains in February, extending the strong start to 2022 by again posting negatively-correlated gains as financial market volatility surged across equity, fixed income, commodity, and currency markets as Russia invaded Ukraine. The HFRI 500 Macro Index surged +2.9 percent in February, extending the 2022 gain to +4.75 percent, with strong contributions from Commodity, Fundamental Discretionary and Quantitative, trend-following strategies. The ...