{
  "id": 1894855,
  "title": "China macro hedge funds weather July selloff as quants take heavy losses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/china-macro-hedge-funds-weather-july-selloff-as-quants-take-heavy",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-19T08:24:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hedgeweek",
    "slug": "hedgeweek",
    "url": "https://www.hedgeweek.com/china-macro-hedge-funds-weather-july-selloff-as-quants-take-heavy-losses/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China's macro hedge funds demonstrated greater resilience than many quantitative strategies during July's equity market downturn, according to a report by Bloomberg. Bridgewater Associates, a prominent multi-asset manager with over RMB60bn ($8.9bn) in China, experienced a 2.8% decline in its local All Weather Plus strategy in July before fees. Despite this setback, the fund remained up about 3% for the year through 31 July, according to an investor letter. Other macro managers also absorbed losses while preserving their annual gains, highlighting the appeal of macro strategies that can spread exposure across various asset classes during periods of market stress.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hedgeweek",
        "title": "Hedge funds post first monthly loss in three months as July inflows reach $12bn",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/hedge-funds-post-first-monthly-loss-in-three-months-as-july-inflows",
        "published": "2026-08-19T08:26:47.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}