HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report

LATEST REPORT: Year End 2025

An essential guide for institutional investors and alternative asset managers, the HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report provides detailed information on current hedge fund trends and historical data across strategies and geographic regions. Each quarterly report includes asset levels, asset flows by strategy, risk/return statistics and much more.

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GLOBAL HEDGE FUND INDUSTRY CAPITAL SURGES PAST
HISTORIC $5 TRILLION MILESTONE

HFRI records best annual performance since 2009
Industry capital grows by record $642.8 billion in 2025;
Healthcare funds drive Equity Hedge to lead HFRI strategy gains for the year

CHICAGO, (January 22, 2026) – Total global hedge fund industry capital surged above the historic $5 trillion milestone for the first time, with capital jumping for the 9th consecutive quarter in 4Q25 to end the year at a record $5.15 trillion, as reported in the latest HFR Global Hedge Fund Industry Report, released today by HFR®, the established global leader in indexation, analysis and research of the hedge fund industry.

Hedge fund managers navigated a volatile 4Q with risk sentiment ranging and oscillating between powerful risk-on sentiment and extreme risk-off sentiment across thematic micro-cycles, strategies and regional markets.

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A comprehensive collection of data-driven insights including estimated total assets, performance asset flows and net investor asset flows. HFR provides detailed estimates for the overall industry and by strategy and region.

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