Stockpicking hedge funds are coming back into favor for the first time in two years after a turnaround in their performance.
Equity long-short hedge funds, which make bets on how companies will perform, attracted $1.5 billion in net inflows in February — the first positive reading in 24 months — according to data platform Nasdaq eVestment. The strategy remains the largest in the hedge fund universe, making up more than a fifth of the industry’s overall $3.6 trillion assets under management, numbers published Wednesday show.