Hedge Fund Launch: The Man Long-Short Fund

Posted at October 11, 2011

Hedge fund provider with $65 billion in assets under mamagement, Man Group plc, has launched a new long/short equity fund of hedge funds (FoHF).

“Equity investing has evolved since the 1970s from mutual funds, to style box investing, ETFs, and short-extension strategies. While long/short equity is not a new strategy it has now become a widely accepted investment technique,” John Barbo, Man’s Head of US Financial Intermediary Business, said. “In an uncertain market environment, investors may benefit from allocating to long/short equity strategies. I believe this makes long/short equity a compelling substitute for long-only equities in a portfolio.”

The Man Long Short Fund is available with an investment minimum of $50,000, the FoHFprovides access up to 30 leading long/short equity managers in a diversified portfolio. Allocating to managers in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Emerging Markets, investors will receive scheduled monthly liquidity and 1099 tax reporting.

Man Investments (USA) LLC serves as the Fund’s investment adviser and is part of Man’s Multi-Manager Business which has approximately $12.7 billion in funds under management globally as of September 30, 2011.

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  • Gilgil

    Good info. I have been shorting equities to hedge my own position, but the results haven’t been great. It is probably easier to use a spread betting account, or CFDs (though I think the latter is illegal in USA) so depends on where you are. There is a good article on shorting shares for people without the clout of financial institutions at http://www.trading-deals.com/index.php/blog

  • http://www.trading-deals.com/ Spread Betting

    I am not sure about these sorts of funds, they don’t seem to provide value for money with such high fees. What do you think? Warren Buffett always slates them and you have to be brave to disagree with him…u00a0

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