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- March ructions bring losses but hedge fund inflows continue: Citco
AFI explored an eventful couple of months for the sector on the latest podcast episode with Declan Quilligan, head of hedge fund services at Citco.
- Hedge funds posted their first month of losses in more than a year as the Iran war and market ructions knocked strategies off course in March.
- But flows remained strong, with a net allocations into the space $4.4bn as subscriptions of $28.3bn beat redemptions of $24.0bn.
- There are early signs of a performance comeback in April. The episode explores March performance, Q1 as a whole and how the sector is now set up for the year.
Click here to view the Citco research and here to download AFI’s Multi-Strategy Outlook 2026 report.
The episode also looked back at the Hedge Fund Acceleration Summit hosted by AFI in Mayfair on 16 Aprill; view the gallery here.
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