Equity Long / Short Directional

Sub Index - Equity Long / Short Directional

Managers in this space are looking to maximise returns for their investors with relatively unconstrained, long-biased mandates (net exposure typically >50%). While there is still a focus on generating absolute returns, with managers having the ability to hedge exposures, volatility is it expected to be higher than the Conservative cohort of funds.

Strategy AUM
30 June 2023
£11.7b
-25.2% YoY

Performance

Monthly Returns

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YTD
2023 3.9 -1.2 0.1 -0.1 -1.5 1.5 1.8 -1.5 3.0
2022 -2.9 -1.6 -0.2 -1.6 0.1 -3.4 1.4 -0.5 -3.5 0.8 4.5 -0.7 -7.7
2021 -0.8 3.4 1.2 2.0 0.9 -0.3 -1.0 1.0 -0.7 1.3 -1.9 1.3 6.3
2020 -0.4 -3.2 -7.4 4.9 1.7 2.0 1.7 2.9 -1.1 -1.0 6.3 3.3 9.2
2019 3.2 1.0 0.5 1.6 -2.2 2.1 0.5 -0.9 -0.4 0.4 1.1 2.0 9.1
2018 2.6 -1.3 -1.2 0.5 0.8 -0.5 0.5 -0.7 -0.5 -4.5 -0.3 -3.3 -7.8
2017 1.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.6 0.1 1.4 0.9 0.5 1.7 0.2 0.8 11.7
2016 -3.9 -1.1 0.7 -0.5 0.9 -1.6 2.6 0.4 0.5 -0.5 -0.2 0.7 -2.3
2015 0.8 2.1 1.0 1.1 1.4 -1.5 0.4 -2.1 -1.5 1.8 0.2 -0.2 3.6
2014 -0.3 2.8 -1.2 -1.9 0.4 0.2 -0.6 1.4 -0.1 -0.2 1.7 0.2 2.3
2013 4.1 1.2 0.9 0.5 2.3 -2.1 3.0 -0.8 1.9 2.8 1.7 1.8 18.7
2012 2.7 3.3 -0.3 -0.5 -3.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.2 9.4
2011 -0.3 0.4 0.4 1.4 -0.8 -0.4 -0.5 -3.6 -4.4 3.9 -1.5 -0.1 -5.4
2010 -1.3 2.0 2.3 0.2 -1.9 -1.4 1.3 -0.1 4.9 1.7 0.3 2.9 11.3
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  • Region Global
  • Currency Local Currency
  • Frequency Monthly Rebalancing
  • Methodology Equally Weighted
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Name Inception Date Geography AUM AMC Perf. Fee Hurdle Min Inv. Liquidity MTD YTD 2022 1W 1M 3M 6M 1Y 2Y 3Y ISIN Liquidity Domicile Inv. Adviser Portfolio Manager UN PRI Signatory Companywide ESG Policy SFDR ESG Data Integration Active Ownership ESG Exclusion List Return Consistency
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Seahawk Equity Long Short Fund May 2019 Global £57m 1.25% 15% 625,000 Daily 40.8 LU1910828851 Daily Luxembourg Seahawk Investments Seahawk Article 6 83 100 49 38 49
Finlabo Dynamic US Equity May 2010 US £4m 1.50% 20% 50,000 Daily 0.2 -15.0 21.5 0.9 0.1 0.7 -4.2 -10.2 7.8 22.8 LU0507282423 Daily Luxembourg Finlabo SIM Alessandro Guzzini, Anselmo... 64 74 97 91 22
Liontrust GF Tortoise Fund Aug 2007 Global £216m 1.00% 20% Yes 500,000 Daily 0.1 6.3 19.9 -0.1 0.5 -0.4 0.8 16.7 28.0 74.4 IE00B3CQKZ16 Daily Ireland Majedie Asset Management Liontrust Yes Yes Article 6 No Yes N/A 71 99 59 91 62
Liontrust GF European Strategic Equity Feb 2012 Europe £113m 1.00% 20% 5,000,000 Daily 0.1 0.1 18.3 -0.7 1.5 3.6 2.4 2.5 32.9 79.7 IE00BLG2W007 Daily Ireland Liontrust Asset Management James Inglis-Jones, Samanth... Article 6 75 99 83 95 66
Brook European Focus Absolute Return Jan 2016 Europe £77m 0.75% 20% No 1,000,000 Daily 0.5 6.3 17.8 -0.7 1.3 3.3 3.7 16.9 26.6 64.1 IE00BZ1J0335 Daily Ireland Odey Asset Management Oliver Kelton Yes Yes Article 6 No N/A N/A 77 97 65 82 69
Boston Partners Global Long/Short Nov 2017 Global £39m 1.00% 15% 500,000 Daily 1.7 3.0 16.2 -0.5 2.4 2.0 6.0 15.4 25.4 63.7 LU1683353343 Daily Luxembourg Boston Partners Global Inve... Christopher K. Hart, CFA an... Article 6 87 98 48 72 75
BANOR SICAV Mistral Long Short Equity Jun 2010 Europe £88m 1.40% 17.5% 500,000 Daily 0.7 3.5 15.5 0.6 0.7 4.3 3.2 10.4 20.7 47.3 LU0510654501 Daily Luxembourg Banor Capital Ltd 59 86 85 86 43
BDLCM Funds - Rempart Sep 2005 Europe £35m 1.50% 20% 10,000,000 Weekly 1.6 0.9 15.4 1.3 2.4 3.6 0.6 9.9 19.0 59.8 LU1321110816 Weekly Luxembourg BDL Capital Management Hughes Beuzelin, Bastien Be... 80 95 72 83 57
VT - Clear Peak Capital UK Long/Short Equity Jul 2019 UK £2m 0.75% 1,000 Daily 0.8 -3.3 13.0 0.8 -0.6 0.7 -1.0 -1.2 -1.1 1.3 GB00BJXS2B80 Daily UK Clear Peak Capital LLP 6 13 99 95 12
Franklin K2 Electron Global UCITS Fund Sep 2019 Global £191m 1.25% 15% 5,000,000 Daily -3.1 -6.8 11.7 -1.5 -2.6 -6.7 -3.5 -1.7 6.1 35.4 LU2164518057 Daily Luxembourg Electron Capital Partners Jos Shaver Article 8 74 99 40 21 58
Argonaut Absolute Return Feb 2009 Europe £99m 0.75% 20% Yes 0 Daily 2.0 4.2 11.1 0.1 2.8 4.7 2.1 10.7 30.3 11.0 GB00B7MC0R90 Daily UK Argonaut Capital Partners Barry Norris No No Article 6 No N/A N/A 51 69 61 91 17
LF Lancaster Absolute Return May 2009 Global £465m 0.75% 20% No 100,000 Daily 3.3 -5.4 10.7 2.0 3.5 4.2 -5.5 11.0 5.2 55.4 GB00B55NGS86 Daily UK Odey Asset Management James Hanbury No No Article 6 No N/A N/A 47 96 59 64 38
MontLake Disciplined Alpha U.S. Long Short UCITS Fund Jun 2020 US £4m 1.25% 20% 5,000,000 Daily 1.2 -20.5 9.1 0.1 4.2 -1.4 -8.8 -14.6 -3.9 20.4 IE00BLWDTQ26 Daily Ireland Disciplined Alpha LLC Kevin W. Shea 68 88 38 27 14
SEB Sissener Canopus Apr 2012 Europe £223m 1.10% 20% 1,000,000 Daily 3.6 1.8 8.5 1.7 4.5 9.4 8.6 12.7 9.3 49.7 LU0694232058 Daily Luxembourg Sissener AS Jan Petter Sissener, Bjorn ... 75 95 49 26 51
Montlake Tosca UCITS Nov 2018 Global £144m 1.50% 20% No 100,000 Daily -0.5 -1.2 8.0 0.1 -0.6 -0.2 2.8 6.6 5.9 30.2 IE00BFY6PC57 Daily Ireland ML Capital Asset Management Johnny de la Hey Yes Yes Article 6 No N/A N/A 70 97 61 76 55
Alken Fund Absolute Return Europe Jan 2011 Europe £97m 1.50% 20% Yes 0 Daily -1.7 -1.3 7.7 -1.8 -1.1 2.0 0.3 3.7 7.8 14.1 LU0572586674 Daily Luxembourg Alken Asset Management Nicolas Walewski Yes Article 8 85 72 40 33 46
Ennismore Global Equity Fund Oct 2016 Global £96m 2.00% 20% No 15,000 Daily 4.7 10.8 5.3 2.0 4.6 8.0 8.8 19.8 16.5 22.8 IE00BDB52S65 Daily Ireland Ennismore Fund Management Geoff Oldfield, Richard Stu... No No Article 6 No Yes N/A 59 40 67 81 19
InRIS Parus Jul 2013 Global £152m 1.65% 20% No 350,000 Daily -0.3 -2.6 3.8 0.0 0.4 -1.7 -1.8 1.4 1.2 28.7 IE00BCBHZC00 Daily Ireland Parus Finance (UK) Limited Fabrice Vecchioli, Edouard ... Yes Yes Article 8 Yes Yes Yes 90 92 70 90 78
Ennismore European Smaller Companies Fund Jan 1999 Europe £292m 2.00% 20% No 5,000 Daily 2.5 -2.2 3.7 0.3 2.9 3.5 0.4 1.0 2.6 31.0 IE0004515239 Daily Ireland Ennismore Fund Management Tom Hearn, Christian Fiesse... No No Article 6 No Yes N/A 58 76 93 74 60
Quadriga QSR Global Jul 2022 Global £5m 0.75% 0% No 0 Daily 1.4 10.3 3.5 -0.6 1.6 6.7 1.9 27.9 14.8 11.0 LU1919525458 Daily Luxembourg Quadriga Asset Managers Christian Thum No No Article 6 No N/A N/A
Banor SICAV Volta Long Short Equity Fund Jul 2011 US £28m 1.40% 17.5% 1,000 Daily 2.1 5.4 2.7 1.8 3.1 5.5 11.0 7.5 7.4 43.6 LU1082251734 Daily Luxembourg Westbeck LLP Will Smith Article 8 61 91 41 24 46
Kairos European Long/Short Jun 2016 Global £181m 1.50% 20% Daily -1.8 4.8 1.7 -1.6 -1.4 -0.3 1.5 13.2 6.9 17.9 LU1420448380 Daily Luxembourg Kairos Partners Marcello Sallusti 53 70 56 37 31
Albemarle Long Short Fund Oct 2020 Global £5m 1.50% 15% Daily 0.0 IE00BL641G52 Daily Ireland Albemarle Asset Management Ltd Massimo Massimilla
Alquant Convexus May 2022 US £8m 0.75% 0% No 0 Daily 0.0 LU2220388479 Daily Luxembourg Alquant S.A. Alquant S.A. No No Article 6 No N/A N/A
Belgravia Lynx Oct 2011 Europe £7m 1.00% 9% None 10 Daily 0.0 LU0691314768 Daily Luxembourg Auriga Asset Management Carlos Cerezo 9 69 62 26 60
Brilliance China Core Long Short Fund Apr 2018 Asia £49m 2.00% 20% Weekly 0.0 IE00BDFK4D67 Weekly Ireland Brilliance Capital Management Brilliance Capital 1 2 93 96 1
Otus Maga Smaller Companies UCITS Fund Jan 2015 Europe £110m 1.75% 20% 100,000 Weekly 0.0 IE00BRCJDL54 Weekly Ireland Otus Capital Management Andrew Gibbs, Roberto Casoni 75 95 61 51 77
Quadriga AZ Total Return Feb 2012 Global £5m 0.50% 10% No 50,000 Daily 0.0 LU0725183734 Daily Luxembourg Quadriga Asset Managers Jose Maria Aznar, Christian... No No Article 6 No N/A N/A 58 85 34 25 57
Westbeck Energy Transition UCITS Fund May 2023 Global 1.50% 20% No 500,000 0.0 IE000EW86791 Ireland Westbeck Capital Management... Will Smith No Yes Article 8 Yes N/A N/A
Levendi Thornbridge Defined Fund Jan 2018 Global £108m 0.60% 5,000,000 Daily 0.9 8.4 -0.5 -0.5 1.8 2.5 4.7 18.1 11.0 23.7 IE00BYV3WJ85 Daily Ireland Levendi Investment Manageme... Thornbridge Investment Mana... 69 85 13 18 54
Finlabo Dynamic Equity Jun 2008 Europe £55m 1.50% 20% 50,000 Daily 0.0 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 0.8 2.3 1.1 -0.4 -2.9 15.0 LU0507282852 Daily Luxembourg Finlabo SIM Alessandro Guzzini, Anselmo... 61 62 66 52 50
UBS Equity Opportunity Long Short Oct 2010 Europe £74m 0.75% 20% Daily 2.1 -6.1 -2.0 0.8 0.8 -0.7 -3.2 -8.1 -5.1 -6.5 IE00B841P542 Daily Ireland UBS Asset Management Max Anderl, Jeremy Leung Article 6 79 22 68 71 25
Schroder GAIA Sirios US Equity Feb 2013 US £152m 1.50% 20% 500,000 Daily -0.4 8.0 -2.4 -1.0 -0.1 1.5 8.0 13.8 7.6 24.9 LU0885728070 Daily Luxembourg Sirios Capital Management John F. Brennan, Jr. Article 6 63 87 23 19 70
Jupiter UK Opportunities Sep 2011 UK £7m 0.75% 15% 100,000 Daily 0.0 4.0 -2.8 0.6 0.0 0.3 2.3 6.0 -2.7 -3.2 GB00BBQ2T099 Daily UK Merian Global Investors Simon Murphy 23 20 45 47 49
Pictet TR - Corto Europe Apr 2010 Europe £727m 1.10% 20% Yes 1,000,000 Daily 0.4 0.5 -3.1 -0.6 0.6 -0.5 -0.1 -0.2 -2.6 2.8 LU0496442640 Daily Luxembourg Pictet Funds (Europe) S.A. Philippe Sarreau Yes Yes Article 6 Yes Yes Yes 78 44 68 56 86
Moneta Long Short Dec 2006 Europe £386m 1.50% 20% Yes 10,000 Daily -0.1 3.9 -3.1 -0.6 0.5 1.6 2.8 6.7 0.6 20.5 FR0010400762 Daily France Moneta Asset Management Gregoire Uettwiller, Romain... 45 79 42 25 71
Dalton Asia Pacific UCITS Jul 2013 Asia £117m 1.50% 15% No 1,000,000 Daily 2.7 10.6 -4.1 0.4 3.3 6.4 7.5 9.3 8.2 38.3 IE00BFXZM553 Daily Ireland Dalton Investments James B. Rosenwald III Yes Yes Article 8 Yes Yes N/A 49 85 60 41 67
CRM Long/Short Opportunities UCITS Dec 2015 US £71m 0.75% 15% 50,000,000 Daily -2.0 3.3 -5.1 -1.3 -1.7 -1.0 3.1 8.0 2.8 12.4 IE00BD4DSN47 Daily Ireland Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn, LLC Jay Abramson Article 8 68 82 26 14 53
Allspring (Lux) Worldwide - Global Long/Short Equity Oct 2017 Global £90m 0.75% 20% 1,000,000 Daily -0.3 -1.6 -5.2 -0.4 0.7 0.3 2.4 7.7 -1.0 7.2 LU1699723380 Daily Luxembourg Allspring Global Investments David Krider, Dennis Bein, ... Article 6 43 70 21 10 27
Finlabo Dynamic Emerging Markets May 2010 Emerging Markets £6m 1.50% 20% 50,000 Daily 1.1 -4.0 -5.3 0.5 0.9 -1.3 -1.9 -6.0 -10.6 8.9 LU0507282183 Daily Luxembourg Finlabo SIM Alessandro Guzzini, Anselmo... 48 66 68 36 48
SWMC European Fund Nov 2011 Europe £46m 1.00% 20% 1,000,000 Daily -1.4 8.0 -5.6 -1.7 0.1 4.7 6.5 20.8 3.9 40.5 IE00B4LH9995 Daily Ireland S. W. Mitchell Capital Stuart Mitchell 39 94 36 4 34
AQR Sustainable Delphi Long-Short Equity UCITS Fund Oct 2018 Global £122m 1.40% 0% No 100,000 Daily 1.2 10.0 -6.6 0.0 2.2 3.9 7.5 18.3 12.0 27.0 LU1842777788 Daily Luxembourg AQR Capital Management Andrea Frazzini, Michele Ag... Yes Yes Article 8 Yes Yes Yes 75 86 47 18 45
Platinum World Portfolios - International Fund Nov 2015 Global £34m 1.40% 0% No 100,000 Daily -2.8 -0.2 -7.0 -1.9 0.2 -2.5 -1.6 15.4 -6.1 19.8 IE00BYRGQZ50 Daily Ireland Platinum Asset Management Andrew Clifford, Clay Smoli... Yes Yes Article 6 Yes Yes N/A 22 88 24 13 16
ChinaAMC China Growth Fund Apr 2011 Asia £5m 1.00% 20% None 500,000 Weekly -1.4 -4.7 -7.0 -0.6 -0.9 -1.6 -3.1 -3.5 -12.2 0.6 LU0573366928 Weekly Luxembourg China Asset Management Ltd. Tian Gan 50 92 97 92 81
Neuberger Berman US Long Short Equity Feb 2014 US £176m 1.35% 2,500,000 Daily -1.2 8.0 -7.7 -0.8 -0.5 1.8 4.8 9.4 -0.4 9.8 IE00BJTCX997 Daily Ireland Neuberger Berman Charles Kantor Article 8 62 62 8 18 48
DNCA Invest - Venasquo May 2015 Europe £123m 1.00% 20% 200,000 Daily -0.7 12.0 -7.7 -0.2 0.6 0.6 2.1 22.3 4.9 34.0 LU1526313249 Daily Luxembourg DNCA Finance Luxembourg Mathieu Picard, Alexis Albert
Varenne Global Jan 2014 Global £308m 1.10% 15.0% 3,000,000 Daily -8.0 -8.0 -5.0 -2.0 11.6 48.8 41.8 LU2358391725 Daily France Varenne Capital Partners Giuseppe Perrone, Marco Sor... 32 77 19 2 11
Veritas China Oct 2009 Asia £28m 1.00% 20% MSCI AC Asia Pacific 50,000 Daily 0.1 -13.9 -8.5 -0.7 1.6 0.9 -11.9 -16.6 -19.7 -19.4 IE00B4QQGK12 Daily Ireland Veritas Asset Management Ezra Sun 6 4 69 72 2
Kairos International SICAV - Key Jun 2013 Europe £67m 1.90% 3,000,000 Daily -1.9 6.7 -8.9 -2.1 -1.2 -3.2 -0.2 9.4 0.8 17.3 LU1135138532 Daily Luxembourg Kairos Partners Guido Brera, Oriana Bastian... 54 78 32 12 36
Credit Suisse Small and Mid Cap Alpha Long/Short Jul 2010 Europe £229m 1.80% 20% 3,000,000 Weekly -2.5 2.5 -8.9 -1.0 -1.3 -0.8 -0.7 9.5 -8.8 -6.7 LU0525285937 Weekly Luxembourg Credit Suisse Asset Managem... Felix Mayer, Jan Berg, Gian... Article 8 24 24 6 11 13
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