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Magnetar Capital to Replace Human Analysts with AI Bots in New Fund
07/21/2026
Magnetar Capital, an Evanston IL-based hedge fund with $18 bln in assets under management, plans to launch a new equity fund that will deploy hundreds of AI bots in place ...
Hedge Funds Surge in February 2026 Despite The Rise in Geopolitical Risk
03/16/2026
According to Chicago-based hedge fund consulting firm Hedge Fund Research, hedge funds posted robust gains in February as the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index rose 1.92% for the month, marking ...
2025 Year in Review: Hedge Funds Post Strongest Annual Gains Since 2009
01/19/2026
According to HFR, the Chicago-based hedge fund indexing, research and consulting firm, the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index® (FWC) posted a gain of +1.45% in December, rising for the eighth ...
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Hedge Funds Continue to Expand, Expected to Reach $5 Trillion in Two Years
12/24/2025
According to a recently published report from S&P Global’s With Intelligence, the global hedge fund industry is on track to eclipse $5 trillion in assets under management (AUM) within two ...
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Numerai Raises $30 Million at $500 Million Valuation to Scale AI-Powered Hedge Fund
12/02/2025
A few weeks ago, San Francisco-based hedge fund Numerai announced a $30 million Series C funding round, valuing the crowdsourced quantitative hedge fund at $500 million post-money, a fivefold increase ...
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JPMorgan Commits $500 Million to Numerai’s AI-Based Hedge Fund
09/05/2025
JPMorgan Asset Management recently announced that it has committed $500 million in funding to Numerai’s AI-based hedge fund. Numerai leverages a global network of data scientists who submit predictive models ...
Hedge Funds Record Strongest Performance Since 2023
07/14/2025
According to Chicago-based hedge fund consulting firm Hedge Fund Research (HFR), in June 2025 hedge funds recorded their strongest monthly gain since December 2023 due to an improved economic outlook, ...
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Event Driven and Equity Hedge Strategies Lead May Hedge Fund Gains
06/17/2025
According to Chicago-based hedge fund consulting firm Hedge Fund Research (HFR), event-driven and equity hedge strategies delivered the strongest hedge fund performance in May 2025, with the HFRI Event-Driven Index ...
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Global Hedge Fund Capital Hit Sixth Consecutive Quarterly Record in Q1 2025
05/07/2025
According to Chicago-based hedge fund consulting firm Hedge Fund Research (HFR), global hedge fund capital rose to a record $4.53 trillion in Q1 2025, marking the sixth consecutive quarterly increase, ...
Hedge Funds Post a Mixed Performance in February 2025
03/24/2025
According to Chicago-based hedge fund consulting firm Hedge Fund Research, hedge funds posted mixed performance in February as the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index slipped -0.49% for the month, due ...