Investors discover a hot new idea; Managers offering different twist on shorting of long-only equities.(News)

Investment News, November, 2005

Byline: Joel Chernoff SAN FRANCISCO - Money managers are adding shorting capability to long-only-equity strategies, in what might turn into one of the hottest investment categories in years. Some experts think such approaches could take a hefty chunk of money away from traditional active equities.

These long-short approaches predominantly go long, frequently 130% long and 30% short. They differ from market-neutral approaches, which sometimes are referred to as long-short but which actually have equal long and short positions. They also differ from hedge-fund-type long-short strategies that, generally, don't adhere to such tight guidelines. Managers said institutional clients are champing at the bit to learn about the strategies. ...

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