Alternative Fund Insight
Ep 41 - H1 hedge fund report: steady gains, private wealth inflows and increased SMA use, with Declan Quilligan, Citco's Head of Hedge Fund Services
03 Aug 2025
Get 360-degree insights and agenda-setting research into hedge funds and multi-strategy with AFI membership. Use the code PODCAST10 for a 10% discount on AFI Intelligence (first year, new subscribers only). Group discounts available for corporates: Ask Will or email [email protected] for more details!You can subscribe to the AFI podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcast app. All ratings and feedback welcome!Follow the latest developments via our LinkedIn page. Sign up to free AFI bulletins. Get a free weekly multi-strategy update.In this episode, Will interviews Declan Quilligan, head of hedge fund services at Citco, to review industry trends in H1, which saw hedge funds gain through volatile markets, inflows continue, with more interest from private wealth channels, and the use of SMAs increase. Find topics by timestamp below:1:44 - analysis with Declan Quilligan starts.2:01 - review of headline hedge fund performance trends.3:38 - equity and multi-strategy hedge funds led the way as most strats rose.4:53 - consistency a key aspect of return characteristics. Diversification.6:20 - impact on flows, rising numbers.7:24 - growth in allocations from private wealth channels.11:07 - continued growth in trading volumes, payments.13: 30 - increased use of SMA structures this decade.*Not investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns*This podcast is brought to you in association with Citco, the leading asset servicer with over $2 trillion of assets under administration (AUA) and the top hedge fund administrator according to the AFI 500 research ranking. Citco acts as a true partner to its clients, dedicated to developing rich long-term relationships through gold standard services and industry leading technology. Head to Citco.com for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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