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Alternatives Outlook 2026

As we close out 2025 and thoughts turn to the new year, we are pleased to announce "Outlook 2026". Across this two-day virtual event we will hear from managers employing a range of alternative strategies, as they discuss their outlook for the year ahead and what it means for the strategies they employ.

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Updated 16 days ago

Flash Update: Event Driven Strategies

Amid unpredictable swings in tariff policy and financial markets, and rapid technological disruption, multiple data points indicate that dealmaking is gaining momentum. This should continue to support a very strong forward-looking environment for Event Driven managers.

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Updated 3 days ago

Monthly Fund Performance Report - November 2025

Our monthly performance report highlights the ten best and worst performing funds in each strategy, both for the prior month and the year to date.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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Strategy Research
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    With relatively little fanfare, event-driven strategies have posted very strong results over the past few years, despite a rather challenging marke... More
  • Flash Update: Trend Following
    There is no denying that, over the past few years, we have lived through a unique market and macro environment shaped by multiple disruptive and de... More
Industry Research

Top Funds Last 30 Days

1M
MontLake Invenomic US Equity Long/Short UC... Equity Long / Short 7.2
GMO Equity Dislocation Investment Fund Market Neutral 5.5
Kernow Equity Navigator Fund Equity Long / Short 5.3
Tycho Scopia Market Neutral Equity Market Neutral 4.5
Catalio Global Innovative Healthcare Long/... Equity Long / Short 4.5

Bottom Funds Last 30 Days

1M
Veritas China Equity Long / Short -6.8
WS Lancaster Absolute Return Equity Long / Short -6.6
BANOR SICAV Greater China Equity Equity Long / Short -5.1
Amundi Quantitative Global Absolute Return... Macro -4.5
VT - Clear Peak Capital UK Long/Short Equity Equity Long / Short -4.4

Top Funds Year to Date

YTD
H2O Vivace Macro 44.1
Alkeon UCITS Equity Long / Short 44.0
Janus Henderson Horizon China Opportunitie... Equity Long / Short 34.9
Melqart Event Driven UCITS Fund Event Driven 30.4
Alken Fund Absolute Return Europe Equity Long / Short 29.2
H2O Allegro Macro 28.0
Boston Partners Global Long/Short UCITS Equity Long / Short 27.0
Bestinver Tordesillas SICAV - Iberia Long‐... Equity Long / Short 26.3
Perspective American Extended Alpha UCITS ... Equity Long / Short 25.4
Ox Capital Dynamic Asia Fund Equity Long / Short 25.1

Bottom Funds Year to Date

YTD
Cyril Systematic UCITS Managed Futures -31.9
MontLake Cooper Creek Partners North Ameri... Equity Long / Short -26.0
Fidelity Global Contrarian Long/Short Equity Long / Short -22.9
SEB Asset Selection Managed Futures -15.2
EPIC Financial Trends Managed Futures -15.0
MontLake Oriel - P/E FX Strategy Macro -13.5
LIOR GP - Alpha Fund Macro -11.4
U Access (IRL) Bain Capital Global Equity ... Equity Long / Short -9.7
Lemanik SICAV Global Strategy Macro -9.7
MontLake AlphaQuest UCITS Managed Futures -8.5

Strategy

Funds AUM
Equity Long / Short 125 24%
Credit 87 17%
Multi Strategy 64 13%
Macro 48 9%
Market Neutral 47 9%
Managed Futures 38 7%
Multi Asset 34 7%
Event Driven 32 6%
Volatility Arbitrage 31 6%
Commodities 6 1%
Credit £42.8b 21%
Multi Asset £42.1b 21%
Equity Long / Short £30.0b 15%
Market Neutral £22.1b 11%
Multi Strategy £20.6b 10%
Macro £19.0b 9%
Volatility Arbitrage £8.7b 4%
Event Driven £8.1b 4%
Managed Futures £7.3b 4%
Commodities £362m 0%

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