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

August 30th, 2026 | Open

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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About Paul Rowady

Paul Rowady is the Director of Research for Alphacution, a research and strategic advisory platform uniquely focused on modeling and benchmarking the impacts of technology on global financial markets and the businesses of trading and asset management. He is a 35-year veteran of the proprietary, quantitative and derivatives trading arenas.

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