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The hedge fund industry has recently experienced a moderate drawdown across most strategies. But the industry has evolved, leaving it better positioned to navigate periods of market stress.

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Goldman Sachs has pitched hedge funds on strategies to short corporate loans as investors look for new tools to bet against ...

Hedge funds are more in demand than ever. For the second year in a row, hedge funds — the group of firms including Citadel, Millennium, D.E. Shaw, and Bridgewater — are the most sought-after asset ...

Multi-strategy hedge funds have become increasingly important to institutional alternative allocations. In 2025, almost half of new hedge fund flows on my firm’s platform were allocated to ...

The global hedge fund industry has reported a 12.6% annual return in 2025, marking the highest since the global financial crisis. Stock-picking strategies that bet both long and short on equity ...

UBS said investors should increase exposure to alternative assets to help manage rising volatility and geopolitical risks, pointing to hedge funds, private markets and infrastructure as key ...

Hedge funds” are supposed to hedge, but nowadays many of them don’t. They were unprepared, and unhedged, when Epic Fury ...

The number of exchange-traded funds employing what are often described as hedge fund-like strategies continues to grow. Investment strategies uncorrelated with the stock and bond market can help ...