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Covid-19 and other global crises have tested hedge fund strategies, writes Pedro van Gaalen

Periods of unprecedented market volatility make or break a hedge fund. With an abundance of shorting opportunities from Covid-19’s economic fallout and the Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war, the right call would’ve insulated investor returns at a time when markets lost 30% on average.

Fund managers who didn’t deliver capital preservation on the downside and alpha during April’s bounce failed to fulfil the hedge fund’s raison d’être.A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as exclusive Financial Times articles, ProfileData financial data, and digital access to the Sunday Times and Times Select.

 

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