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The long and short of the new 'hedge funds lite' JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs think they can boost returns with little extra risk by using hedge fund techniques. But experts are not so sure. Emma Simon reports
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A $50bn US industry is on its way over here. Last week JP Morgan
became the latest fund manager in Britain to announce that it was
launching a series of racy "130/30" funds.
These funds, which have proved popular in the States in recent
years, promise private investors the benefits of a hedge fund without
the associated risks. In fact most fund managers claim these funds
are only slightly higher risk than a bog-standard blue chip equity
fund.
JP Morgan is not the only fund manag...
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