Tag Archives: hedge funds
Hedge Funds Post Best Year in a Decade:
“Why 2025 Marked a Structural Comeback, Not a Cyclical Bounce“ (HedgeCo.Net) After more than a decade of skepticism, fee pressure, and repeated obituaries, hedge funds delivered a result in 2025 that forced even their harshest critics to reconsider. Industry-wide returns […]
Hedge Funds Accumulate Equity ETFs:
(HedgeCo.Net). For years, hedge funds defined themselves by what they weren’t: long-only, benchmark-hugging, or passive. Alpha was the religion. Beta was the enemy. In 2026, that distinction is quietly breaking down. Recent positioning data shows hedge funds significantly increasing exposure to broad […]
Global Alts Miami 2026: Where the Future of Alternative Investing Is Being Written:
(HedgeCo.Net) Miami has become the capital of alternative investing—and Global Alts Miami 2026 confirmed why. As thousands of hedge fund managers, private equity executives, private credit specialists, institutional allocators, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and fintech innovators converged on South […]
The Return of the Allocator: Why Capital Is Flowing Back Into Alternative Funds in 2026
(HedgeCo.Net) After years of skepticism, fee pressure, and intermittent disappointment, alternative investment funds are back in favor. Across hedge funds, private credit, and liquid alternative vehicles, capital inflows have accelerated sharply—marking one of the strongest re-engagement cycles the alternatives industry has […]
Hedge Funds Outperform Risk Assets in 2025: Why Active Risk Management Beat Passive Exposure:
(HedgeCo.Net) After more than a decade of skepticism, hedge funds delivered a result in 2025 that many allocators had quietly stopped expecting: clear, repeatable outperformance versus traditional risk assets. In a year marked by macro volatility, violent factor rotations, AI-driven dispersion, […]
Alternatives Become Core, Not Optional:
(HedgeCo.Net) For decades, alternative investments lived on the margins of portfolio design. They were labeled “non-core,” allocated sparingly, and often treated as tactical diversifiers rather than foundational building blocks. A typical institutional portfolio might carve out 5–10% for alternatives, while […]
Hedge Fund Strategies Go Mainstream:
How ETFs Are Re-Engineering Alternative Investing for Scale, Liquidity, and a New Generation of Allocators (HedgeCo.Net) For decades, hedge funds occupied a rarefied corner of global finance. They promised diversification, downside protection, and uncorrelated returns—but at a cost. High minimums, […]
Pershing Square’s Defining 2026 Direction: Bill Ackman’s High-Conviction AI Bet and Hedge Fund Positioning in a Volatile Market:
(HedgeCo.Net) In one of the most consequential tactical moves among major U.S. hedge funds this year, Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management revealed a strategically significant $2 billion investment in Meta Platforms. This high-conviction allocation — representing roughly 10% of the fund’s capital — underscores […]
Point 72 and Pfizer’s $29M SAC Recovery Reopens a Defining Wall Street Chapter:
HedgeCo.Net) Point72 is one of the most closely watched hedge fund platforms in the U.S. because it sits at the intersection of three narratives: elite multi-strategy performance, aggressive talent-building, and the long shadow of the SAC Capital era. This week, […]
Hedge Funds Back on Top After a Long ‘Alpha Winter’
(HedgeCo.Net) For much of the past decade, hedge funds lived under a persistent cloud of skepticism. After the global financial crisis, accommodative monetary policy, low volatility, and relentless equity-market gains made it increasingly difficult for active managers to outperform cheap, […]
One Man Hedge Fund has caught the attention of Industry Giants:
(HedgeCo.Net) In an industry that often equates scale with edge—more analysts, more data, more technology, more leverage—Lucida Capital is an uncomfortable counterexample. The Canada-based hedge fund is operated solely by Francis Lau, and yet it posted a 65% gain from April […]
Global Hedge Fund Assets Surpass $5 Trillion for the First Time:
(HedgeCo.Net). For more than a decade, the hedge fund industry has lived in a paradox: indispensable to institutional portfolios, yet perpetually questioned in public markets. Fees were debated, “alpha drought” narratives came and went, and investors periodically swung between love […]