It was a different story for long-short funds with only two out of the 11 strategies outperforming the benchmark with average returns of 16.9 per cent. Such funds employ a dual strategy to make returns — buy stocks that are expected to appreciate and short or sell stocks that are expected to fall.
Roha Asset Managers’ Emerging Companies Fund topped the one-year charts with returns of 108.8 per cent. Aequitas Equity Scheme I (88.9 per cent), and Abakkus Asset Manager’s Emerging Opportunities Fund I (85 per cent) were the other top performers. Roha Emerging Companies Fund was also the top performer in December with returns of 10.8 per cent.
Category-III AIFs include hedge funds that employ complex trading strategies or use leverage to increase returns. The minimum investment in such funds is Rs 1 crore.
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