Hedge fund moves are now paying off

By Colin McLean, managing director of Scottish Value Management There has been little to encourage equity investors in recent months. Even many of the technology and smaller company shares that rallied sharply after September have now given up their gains. Yet, some advisers are actually looking forward to their next client meetings. Those who finally made the move into hedge funds last year have generally achieved absolute gains. The work it took to understand this specialist sector and identify clients who could take advantage of it is paying off. The hedge sector's statist...