Growth of the Global Hedge Fund Industry and The Key Players

Globalinve12315 Apr, 2022Business

The first hedge fund strategy was conceptualized in 1949 by Alfred Winslow James. He aimed to separate two risks that were involved when investing in stocks. To do this, he believed that it could be achieved by creating a market-neutral portfolio.He began to pursue this concept by buying assets he thought would increase in value and selling short-term assets where he believed the value would decrease.