HSBC
23Oct

Long / Short Strategies Are Hot In Demand, Less So In Performance

With long / short strategies being the most sought after – and having delivered the best returns in the third quarter of 2015, according to a Prequin study reported in ValueWalk, looking at the recent performance of several relative value players provides a positive and negative perspective. However, some big name long / short funds are having a pretty rough year.


Chinese focused long / short hedge fund reporting positive again
The $1.7 billion Golden China . . .

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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