Believe It Or Not, Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds Could Overtake Long/ Short Equity

Long/ short equity has been the most popular hedge fund strategy for decades, but it looks like that’s changing. A recent study found that on an absolute basis, multi-strategy hedge funds have doubled their assets since 2011. In fact, they’ve also been growing rapidly relative to industry assets overall. Multi-Strategy Funds Grab An Increasing Share Of Hedge Fund Assets In its recent white paper, Peltz International reported that multi-strategy hedge funds accounted for 19.7% of total hedge fund assets in 2010. Statistics from HFR reveal that this percentage had risen to 23.5% in the third quarter of 2022. Q4 2022…