Tag Archives: volatility
Leverage Juices “Safe” Bond Returns to 28%
(HedgeCo.Net) For much of the last decade, bonds were treated as the dull ballast of global portfolios—necessary, stabilizing, and chronically underwhelming. In a world obsessed with equity upside, private credit spreads, and venture-style payoff curves, fixed income quietly faded into […]
Blackstone’s Biggest Hedge Fund Platform Posted a 12% Gain in 2025 — Here’s What It Signals for 2026:
(HedgeCo.Net) Blackstone’s largest hedge fund platform delivered a nearly 12% return in 2025, beating the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index (about 7.1%) and reinforcing a narrative that’s quietly been building across the hedge fund landscape: multi-asset, multi-engine hedge platforms are regaining their “all-weather” credibility—not by […]
Top Investors Shift the Balance: Why Quant Funds Are Now the Preferred Hedge Fund Allocation:
(HedgeCo.Net) For the first time in modern hedge fund history, institutional investors are allocating more capital to quantitative hedge funds than to any other hedge fund strategy. The shift marks a profound change in how the world’s largest asset owners—pensions, endowments, […]
Wall Street Braces for a Private Credit Meltdown:
(HedgeCo.Net) For more than a decade, private credit was Wall Street’s cleanest growth story: a vast pool of institutional capital stepping into the space banks retreated from after the financial crisis, lending directly to middle-market companies and private equity–backed issuers. […]
J.P. Morgan Unveils Its 2026 Global Alternatives Outlook:
(HedgeCo.Net) J.P. Morgan Asset Management has released its eighth annual Global Alternatives Outlook, a 12–18 month forward view across major alternative asset classes—real estate, infrastructure, transportation, timberland, hedge funds, private equity, and private credit—framing 2026 as a year when private markets […]
Major Firm Launches Long-Term Fund to Navigate Volatility
(HedgeCo.Net) Lone Pine Capital is launching a new concentrated, long-term fund aimed at managing through increased market volatility and offering investors a differentiated option compared to typical multi-strategy vehicles. Financial TimesThe firm’s initiative reflects hedge funds’ broader strategic evolution: shifting away […]
Worst Two-Week Start for Stocks Since ‘09
New York (HedgeCo.Net) January 15 marked the end of the first 10 days of trading in 2015 and to say it has been a little shaky for the stock market would be putting it mildly. The S&P lost 3.18% in […]
UA alters investment strategy
Tuscaloosa News – A committee of University of Alabama trustees voted to pull some investments from stocks, instead buying more stable U.S. and international bonds in an effort to avoid potential drops in the stock market. International bonds will be […]
Credit Suisse Alternative Index Replication Suggests a Positive Month for Hedge Funds
HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – Long/Short Equity hedge funds continued to increase overall net exposures in July, enabling managers to capitalize on market upswings early in the month, according to Jordan Drachman, Head of Research for Alternative Beta Strategies at […]
Larger/Younger Hedge Funds Reported Better Returns for 2008: Study
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) -While previous research has confirmed the widely held belief that emerging funds tend to outperform older and larger funds, hedge fund performance in 2008 saw a partial reversal of that trend, according to PerTrac Financial Solutions […]