What is up with hedge funds trading like PE funds these days?

Seeing lower turnover from all traditional hedge funds except quant and stat arb firms. Especially the SMID guys. Tracking from Fintel data, again basic stuffs and widely available public data

Are HF guys taking less risk now?

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