“What emerging managers get wrong when launching a hedge fund” featured in AIMA Journal

Strong Hedge Fund Launches in Q2 on Pace to Top ’24

Hedge fund managers launched new funds at a faster pace in the first half than they did in 2024, seeking opportunities in an uncertain financial environment marked by extreme volatility and sharp shifts in U.S. government policies.

Hungry for a Hedge Fund’s Peak Performance? Catch It Early, Study Says

David Goldstein highlights the importance of the first three months of a fund.

Hedge Funds Pull In $24.8B in Volatile Q2, Best Inflows in a Decade

The hedge fund industry had its highest level of inflows in more than a decade in the second quarter as investors sought refuge in a volatile period driven by wild shifts in U.S. economic and trade policies.

Hedge Fund Launches Plummet as Investor Sentiment Wobbles

Hedge fund managers are launching new funds at the slowest pace in more than decade as a choppy economic environment buffeted by the Trump administration’s evolving policies has left investors unnerved and has exacerbated what was already a difficult fundraising environment.

Only 88 new hedge funds came to market during the first quarter, the slowest quarter for launches since 2020, according to data from Preqin. Another 15 funds launched in April and May, putting the industry on pace to have fewer funds debut this year than the 618 that launched in the second quarter of 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.