Hedge funds shift gears on commodities

Investors have flocked back to commodities. And while analysts believe this will continue, hedge fund managers see traditional investor profiles changing

After years of poor performance, an increasingly positive commodity price outlook has piqued investor interest in commodity hedge funds, causing a substantial shift in allocations back into the asset class in 2016. While many investors simply want to gain long-only access to rising prices in markets such as crude oil, a number of fund managers have detected growing demand for more diversified offerings and are developing new strategies in response.

Commodities registered the first positive