Managed futures
BlackRock preps managed futures ETF
Asset manager’s plans could open strategy to $400 billion-plus new asset pool
AQR takes step into exotic trend following
$200-billion quant firm joins those plugging new take on strategy that’s struggled
Larger funds are net losers as outflows continue
Managed futures funds have seen biggest redemptions for three years
October redemptions largest yet for hedge funds
Industry experiencing crisis of negative investor sentiment
Managed futures funds outshine macro peers
Quant funds doing a better job interpreting drivers of rates and currency markets
Best managed futures/CTA FoHF: Abbey Capital Futures Strategy Fund
Chief executive Tony Gannon thinks big data and Ucits CTAs overhyped
Managed futures: flows cool after recent declines
Smaller firms suffer more but pockets of strong returns remain
Beach Horizon soars on pattern-spotting machine
Computer replicates techniques of veteran pattern-spotter David Beach
Funds of hedge funds outperform hedge funds over 12 months
But typical FoHFs ‘more exposed to market risks now than in recent memory'
ISAM made a killing on porcine virus trade
CTA unflapped by Greece and unimpressed by regulatory uncertainty in Chinese futures
AHL spies futures in China rebar, iron ore and polymers
Hedge fund puts algorithms to work in new liquid futures and OTC markets
Does skewness matter to the pricing of commodity futures?
Paper designs and tests performance of new strategy in commodity futures
Managed futures redemptions slow in H2 2014
Strategy generated more in 2014 than last three years combined
Managed futures ‘not a tail risk strategy'
Investors should not try to time allocations, says Abbey
Shareholder activism hedge funds stand out
Event driven and distressed were among the best performing hedge funds segments in 2013 with shareholder activism funds at the fore
CTA trend followers suffer in market dominated by intervention
Return to normality
Campbell opens non-trend programs to investors
CTA Campbell & Company’s Prism portfolio of non-trend strategies has generated strong returns since it launched as a standalone investment in April
Breton Hill Master Fund: Breton Hill Capital
Americas Awards 2013
Winton Futures Fund: Winton Capital Management
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Harding reveals ambitious plans for Winton
David Harding says he has no intention to take Winton Capital Management public. He has ambitious plans to grow the business into a major investment management company as he remains at the helm
AHL Evolution: AHL (Man Group)
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013