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Aquila Capital launches CTA fund
Aquila Capital launches CTA fund

  • 26 March 2018
JFD Group opens office in France

  • 13 November 2015
Hedge funds down in Q3, Lyxor recommends CTA and macro managers

  • Alternative
  • 07 October 2015
QCM outlines reasons for Ucits version of Alpha Financials Programme

  • Alternative
  • 30 September 2015
'Quantamental' solution to CTA underperformance proposed

  • Alternative
  • 13 January 2015
Some alternative indices end year up, others down

  • Alternative
  • 24 December 2014
Lifecycle stage key factor in new RPM Sicav CTA

RPM Risk & Portfolio Management, the Stockholm based CTA/Macro specialist, is launching a Luxembourg domiciled Sicav - RPM Evolving CTA - which aims to invest in CTAs identified as being in the "most competitive stage of development".

  • Alternative
  • 03 June 2013
CTA worst performing hedge funds in September, says Lyxor

Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA) were the worst performers of all hedge fund strategies last month, despite some hedge funds making good returns with this strategy in the first half of the year.

  • Alternative
  • 08 October 2012
Investors move to protect against tail risk (even if they don't know what it is)

Institutional investors fear a ‘tail risk event' in the next12 months, but are unsure what strategy would be effective protection against it, according to research from State Street Global Advisors.

  • Alternative
  • 28 September 2012
Smaller is better says Aquantum, as it joins modelling club

Aquantum, the managed futures start-up in Munich says its computer-driven investment strategy will differ in a sector becoming too large for the markets.

  • Alternative
  • 17 September 2012
Election results, diversification and search for talent occupy selector thoughts

European election results, elements of diversification, and the global search for talented managers figure prominently among the latest collection of views of fund selectors.

  • 05 July 2012
'Look the manager straight in the eye,' say selectors

Despite staging a comeback in many portfolios, as low yields elsewhere fuel the need for returns, hedge funds still face demands for trust, transparency and track records.

  • Alternative
  • 29 June 2012
CTAs ponder regulatory future

Regulation of over the counter markets poses one type of challenge to the CTA community, but there are others to consider too.

  • Alternative
  • 21 June 2012
Austrian investors on the hunt for the perfect volatility fund

Volatility products are gaining popularity, yet fund selectors in Austria are struggling to decide which ones to use from the growing choice of absolute return and hedging strategies.

  • 21 June 2012
Aquila Capital Spectrum Fund outperforms index in first year

Hamburg-based alternative investment company Aquila Capital, has reported that its AC Spectrum Fund has delivered a return of 4.62% since its launch one year ago, despite the Newedge CTA index, regarded as the benchmark for the CTA universe, incurring...

  • Alternative
  • 11 June 2012
Zurich's Rialto readies commodity-focused fund

Zurich-based Rialto Capital has added former Standard Chartered Bank commodities trader Giacomo Berta as a portfolio manager and head of quantitative research as it prepares to offer its second investment fund, Rialto Systematic.

  • Alternative
  • 03 May 2012
Using third party databases to find talent

Capital Strategies Partners is using particular databases to find managers of niche active management strategies, and bring their capabilities and products to market.

  • 25 April 2012
Eurizon's Auleta applies the holistic view

Discovering consistency, a good approach to risk, and recognition of communications needs.

  • Equities
  • 09 March 2012
Lyxor adds managed futures strategy to Ucits platform

French group Lyxor Asset Management has added the IKOS Futures Strategy Index to its alternatives Ucits platform, Lyxor Dimension, to meet investor demand for CTA strategies providing diversified returns.

  • Alternative
  • 28 February 2012
Special situations and convertible bonds boost hedge fund performance

The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index was up 1.3% in January, reversing its downwards trend in 2011 thanks to special situations, equity long bias and convertible bond strategies.

  • Fixed Income
  • 14 February 2012
Foreign groups continue their Iberian campaign

It’s a tough market to break into, but external funds groups believe Spain is worth the effort.

  • 25 January 2012
Is Alpha Ucits an oxymoron? asks Fraser McKenzie of 47 Degrees North

“Oxymoron – a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.” Fraser McKenzie of 47 Degrees North, based in Pfäffikon in Switzerland, says advisers should look closely at the promises and delivery of Alpha Ucits.

  • 25 January 2012
Syz & Co launches multi-manager CTA fund

Syz & Co's new fund, Oyster Multi-Manager Tail & Trading, will combine a commodity trading advisor (CTA) strategy with active management to hedge against extreme risks known as tail events.

  • Alternative
  • 19 December 2011
Hedge fund slump continued in November

The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index was down 0.44% in November bringing year to date performance to a negative 6.26%, further denting the image of ‘absolute return’ hedge fund vehicles.

  • Alternative
  • 14 December 2011
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