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Hedge Funds Deliver Strong 2025 Returns
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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.
Key Points
- 1Record returns: hedge funds averaged about 12.6% in 2025, best collective performance since 2009.
- 2Elevated equity dispersion, rate volatility, and macro risk restored exploitable opportunities for active managers.
- 3Allocators plan increased 2026 allocations, concentrating capital with top multi-strategy and disciplined managers.
Scoring Rationale
Industry-wide rebound and allocator reallocation drive score; limited novelty and single-source industry reporting constrain impact.
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