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 Fund and its portfolio manager, George Jiang, are having a strong year, reporting 9 percent performance as of October 16. The long / short,…