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The plunge in oil prices has dragged down much of the energy sector with it. Yet, some energy-focused hedge funds managed to avoid the carnage entirely.

Lansdowne Partners – one of Europe’s largest hedge funds with $22-billion (U.S.) – gained 14.8 per cent last year in its long- short energy-focused equity fund, according to a person familiar with the matter. Some commodity trading advisers, or CTAs, posted gains of more than 25 per cent in 2015.

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