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Strategies and Structures: Why Jane Street is Not a Hedge Fund

Reported by Alphacution
Aug 31, 2026· 1 min read
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Perhaps because they want to be part of one of the biggest market stories of the year - but don't really know what to say - an "argument" has been floated that Jane Street is actually a hedge fund instead of a market maker. Though Alphacution would rather not bring more attention to this shallowness, it's important for us to make the distinction for why Jane Street is not a hedge fund...

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