The Lamp Visium Global Strategy equity long/short hedge fund rose slightly in September, but remains negative to the tune of -3.14 percent year to date, according to a letter to investors reviewed by ValueWalk. The UCITS fund, which has interesting short exposure ideas, had suffered much of the year as stocks climbed higher most of the year until the recent selloff. Visium Global Fund impacted by fast-growing hard discount chains The U.K. supermarket sector has been talk among a number of European hedge funds, and Visium Global Fund saw the impact of “fast-growing hard discount chains” on the established brands…
Visium Global Fund Entered October With Significant Short Plays
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.