Agecroft Partners

The emergence of a handful of $1 billion+ new hedge fund launches this year is putting start-ups and emerging managers firmly back in the spotlight, with the rebound in larger roll-outs coming amid a recent downturn in investor appetite.

With crypto investors looking to regroup following 2022’s turmoil, hedge funds’ hopes of profiting from arbitrage themes and momentum trades could be dashed as bitcoin futures remain grounded. Instead, many industry pros are aiming to build on emerging opportunities within ...

The hedge fund industry recorded its worst annual performance since 2018, but macro strategies and trend-following funds capitalized on 2022’s seismic market moves, new data from Hedge Fund Research shows.

The number of new hedge fund launches has fallen to its lowest level since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, as managers grapple with an increasingly challenging investment environment and further consolidation looms on the horizon.

The largest and most maligned hedge fund strategy of recent years may be poised for an upswing, should figures gathered by Agecroft Partners in recent weeks signal true investor sentiment. In a survey of nearly 300 investors that are registered ...

The power of accessing hedge fund managers in their early years is undeniable, as is the reality that meeting face-to-face with potential allocators is not likely to happen again until next year. The issue of virtual due diligence on managers ...

Commodity trading advisors (CTAs) have a track record of performing well when equities -- and much else -- is on its way down the proverbial drain. In the period 2000-2002, in 2008, and in the first quarter of this year, ...

As third-party marketing teams and capital introduction executives are rethinking how they work, it isn’t simply a move to a home office and emailing potential hedge fund investors from the comfort of their living room. Virtual capital introduction events and ...