So I am having an qualified great discussion and I can not prove or disprove the following.

this is the statement:

I am surprised anyone in the hedge fund industry thinks a dividend growth fund is a hedge fund strategy—particularly if you are long only.

And I do not know if this statement is valid or invalid. My perception is that it's invalid. The HF structure is a compensation structure, does not matter if it's long only like The Children's Investment Fund Management (TCI) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children%27s_Investment_Fund_Management

any inputs?