Hedge funds take aim at Sainsbury’s amid “challenging” period as supermarket giant’s shares slide Submitted By Hugh Leask | 14/09/2020 - 12:49pm A number of high-profile hedge funds are again ramping up bets against UK supermarket giant Sainsbury’s. Third Point, along with AHL and GLG Partners, Man Group’s systematic and discretionary hedge fund units, have increased their short positions in the UK supermarket giant recently, according to regulatory disclosures made to the FCA since the start of September.