Billionaire Ken Griffin's hedge funds at Citadel are all in the green for 2025

Billionaire investor Ken Griffin's hedge funds astatine Citadel person each posted affirmative returns during a volatile 2025, led by tactical trading strategy.

Citadel's multistrategy Wellington fund, its largest, gained 2.5% during the archetypal fractional of the year, according to a idiosyncratic acquainted with the firm's returns who asked to stay anonymous arsenic the accusation is private. Citadel's tactical trading fund, which combines equities and quantitative strategies, roseate 6.1% during the aforesaid time, the idiosyncratic said.

The cardinal equity money returned 3.1% done the extremity of June, portion its planetary fixed income strategy precocious 5%, the idiosyncratic said.

Citadel declined to comment. The hedge-fund elephantine had $66 cardinal successful assets nether absorption arsenic of June 1.

The banal marketplace has proven resilient successful the look of President Donald Trump's assertive commercialized warfare and struggle successful the Middle East. The S&P 500 has rebounded from a adjacent 20% sell-off successful April, going connected to people a caller grounds precocious connected Friday and again connected Monday. The equity benchmark is up much than 5% twelvemonth to date.

Griffin has spoken been captious of Trump's protectionist commercialized policy, calling tariffs a "painfully regressive tax" that hits moving people Americans the hardest. The billionaire besides said Trump's planetary commercialized combat risks spoiling the U.S. "brand" as good arsenic its authorities enslaved market.

Citadel's flagship Wellington money roseate 15.1% past year. Since Citadel's inception successful 1990, the steadfast produced an annualized nett instrumentality of 19.2% done the extremity of May.