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Updated about 1 month ago

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 about 2 months 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 4 days ago

Monthly Fund Performance Report - December 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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In Focus
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    The CFM Cumulus Fund employs a quantitative multi-strategy approach designed to generate returns across a broad range of market environments, with ... More
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    The JPM Consumer Long-Short strategy is designed to offer investors long/short equity exposure to companies whose businesses are materially impacte... More
Strategy Research
  • Flash Update: Event Driven Strategies
    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
Banor SICAV Volta Long Short Equity Fund Equity Long / Short 8.5
Man AHL Trend Alternative Managed Futures 8.2
GA-Courtenay Special Situations Fund Event Driven 8.2
Schroder GAIA BlueTrend Managed Futures 7.5
Aperture European Innovation Fund Equity Long / Short 6.7

Bottom Funds Last 30 Days

1M
U Access (IRL) Shannon River Equity Long / Short -2.5
SOLYS - SG29 Mas Funds - Rates Volatility Volatility Arbitrage -2.3
THEAM Quant - Dispersion US Volatility Arbitrage -2.1
Amundi Absolute Volatility Euro Equities Volatility Arbitrage -1.8
LIOR GP - Alpha Fund Macro -1.5

Top Funds Year to Date

YTD
BANOR SICAV Greater China Equity Equity Long / Short 5.7
Banor SICAV Volta Long Short Equity Fund Equity Long / Short 5.4
Ox Capital Dynamic Asia Fund Equity Long / Short 4.6
Aperture European Innovation Fund Equity Long / Short 4.2
U Access (IRL) Bain Capital Global Equity ... Equity Long / Short 4.2
Janus Henderson Horizon China Opportunitie... Equity Long / Short 4.2
Man AHL Trend Alternative Managed Futures 4.0
Varenne Global Equity Long / Short 3.8
BIT Defensive Growth Equity Long / Short 3.7
Melqart Event Driven UCITS Fund Event Driven 3.5

Bottom Funds Year to Date

YTD
MontLake Invenomic US Equity Long/Short UC... Equity Long / Short -3.2
Fidelity Global Contrarian Long/Short Equity Long / Short -2.3
U Access (IRL) Shannon River Equity Long / Short -1.3
Ennismore Global Equity Fund Equity Long / Short -1.3
RAM (Lux) Systematic Funds - European Mark... Market Neutral -1.2
UBS Global Equity Long-Short Fund Equity Long / Short -1.2
Coeli Renewable Opportunities Equity Long / Short -1.1
Seahawk Equity Long Short Fund Equity Long / Short -1.1
SOLYS - SG29 Mas Funds - Rates Volatility Volatility Arbitrage -1.1
AQR Adaptive Equity Market Neutral UCITS Fund Market Neutral -1.0

Strategy

Funds AUM
Equity Long / Short 123 24%
Credit 87 17%
Multi Strategy 65 13%
Market Neutral 48 9%
Macro 47 9%
Managed Futures 38 7%
Multi Asset 34 7%
Event Driven 32 6%
Volatility Arbitrage 31 6%
Commodities 5 1%
Credit £42.8b 21%
Multi Asset £42.1b 21%
Equity Long / Short £29.9b 15%
Market Neutral £22.1b 11%
Multi Strategy £20.7b 10%
Macro £18.8b 9%
Volatility Arbitrage £8.7b 4%
Event Driven £8.1b 4%
Managed Futures £7.3b 4%
Commodities £361m 0%

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