The renewed market stress following recent geopolitical unrest has created heightened fear among investors who were already concerned about higher interest rates, high inflation and slowing economic growth.

However, the volatility has created a rich pool of investment opportunities which skilled fund managers can exploit through long-short equities strategies.

While long-short funds are similar to regular long-only managed funds in that investments are pooled and professionally managed, managers don’t follow a benchmark, and so are often considered contrarian. Managers are typically more flexible in their investment strategies which aim to delivering positive returns over the short and longer term and even when markets…