Hedge Funds Deliver Strong 2025 Returns

Following full 2025 results, hedge funds averaged roughly 12.6% returns, their strongest collective performance since 2009. Equity long/short, discretionary macro, and multi-strategy platforms led gains, with firms such as D.E. Shaw, Bridgewater, AQR and Millennium highlighted. Institutional allocators now plan larger 2026 hedge fund allocations, concentrating capital with high-conviction managers and pressuring capacity and manager selection.