Assessment of the influence of international funds on financial markets in financial and economic instability

The article examines the main modern concepts and patterns of development of hedge funds, the mechanisms of influence of hedge funds on financial markets and their increasing role, analyzes investment portfolio strategies, and identifies the main trends in the field of hedge funds.Hedge funds are one of the most attractive investment options based on the criterion of risk-reward ratio. Interest in them is due to the possibility of obtaining market-uncorrelated income in times of economic and financial instability. Until now, there is no single normatively fixed definition of the term hedge fund due to the fact that the activities of such institutions are dynamically changing.