Steve Diggle takes bullish position with cattle

Has anyone ever wondered why the gardening term ‘hedge’ is used in a financial context? The answer is just as simple as it seems. The term was derived originally from a hedge around a field, one that encloses and limits the size of a plot. Vulpes Investment was calved earlier this year from hedge fund Artradis. As well as more conventional hedge fund strategies, it also plans to offer something that harks back to the roots of hedging, namely the direct acquisition of farms across …