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MLIM launches new strategy for absolute return

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has launched the first UK unit trust to take long and short positions in equities, giving retail investors a new entry point to the hedge fund industry.

The fund will not use leverage, but will take short positions in equities when it believes the stock price will decline.

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