Long / Short Hedge Funds had a particularly strong month in April, a Morgan Stanley Prime Brokerage report noted. While analysts have fretted over China and efforts to reduce government and corporate leverage, long exposure significantly benefited fund managers. Other major stock market trends can be seen in hedge fund positioning, including the retail apocalypse trade playing itself out. European and Long / Short Hedge Funds European hedge funds best performers On a global basis, European hedge funds generally had the best returns in April, with the average hedge fund in the Prime Brokerage survey delivering 1.62% performance, with…
Hedge Funds Shed Retail Amid Fears Of "Apocalypse"
Mark Melin
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.