Ken Griffin, CEO of Citadel LLC, speaks about street squawks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026.
Oscar Molina CNBC
Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s Citadel hedge funds generated positive returns in February, weathering a volatile month for markets as macro uncertainty and disruption from artificial intelligence rattled asset prices.
The company’s flagship multi-strategy Wellington fund rose 1.9% in February, bringing its year-to-date gain to 2.9%, said the people, who requested anonymity because the information is private.
Performance across the fund was broad-based, with all five of Citadel’s core strategies – commodities, stocks, fixed income, credit and quantitative – ending the month in positive territory, the person said.
Tactical trading funds rose 1.5% in February, bringing year-to-date returns to 3.5%, the person said. The stock fund rose 1.0% in the month and is on track to rise 2.2% in 2026, the person said. Meanwhile, global bond funds rose 1.6% in February, bringing the year-to-date gain to 2.9%.
of S&P500 The stock fell 0.9% in February due to renewed selling pressure on AI and software stocks. Concerns that automation could erode established business models and cause more layoffs have dampened investor sentiment and raised concerns about potential ripple effects across the economy. The market was again under pressure after the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran sent oil prices soaring.
The company declined to comment. Citadel had $66 billion in assets under management as of February 1.
