Blurring the line between long and short management styles

The Debate

As more long-only managers take on hedge funds, this week's debate asks how practical it is to combine the two styles

With an increasing number of groups adopting business models that combine long-only and long-short fund management, there remains a lack of consensus as to whether the two styles can work in tandem. Following several high-profile long-only managers taking on hedge funds in recent years, this week's Conjecture looks at the similarities and differences between the two ways of running money and asks whether a single manager can do both simultaneously and, more importantly, successfully. Present at the debate were Bill Maldonado, CEO alternative investments at HSBC Halbis Partners, and Ke...