Some Recent Hedge Fund Trends that Investors Need to Know About
Last year proved to be tough going for many hedge funds, with average returns hovering around zero. That said, aggregate assets under management continued to grow, though estimates vary about how much new money flowed into the industry. This likely stems from the fact...Signs of Better Days Ahead for the Hedge Fund Sector
There’s little doubt that the hedge fund sector has not been performing well. As of the end of November, the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite index was up 0.3% for the year, which trails the modest gain of just under 3% in 2014. Although aggregate returns are...CTA Investing: The Trend to Follow?
Following decades of solid performance, commodity trading advisors (CTAs)–who are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and who may trade or invest in equity, fixed-income, currency or commodity futures–have been in something of a...Managed Futures; SMAs or Funds
Most Managed Futures Funds will not offer separately managed accounts (SMAs) and often those that do have extremely high minimums ranging into the millions. However there are some CTAs that do offer separately managed accounts (SMAs) with a more accessible minimum...Performing Due Diligence in Manager selection
Due Diligence consists of performing a careful, competent and thorough review of an investment, its soundness and its suitability. Due Diligence aims to identify the most appropriate funds for an investor considering various tax and legal characteristics, together...Managed Futures; what they are and how they work
A 67 year old Asset class Futures have been around for a long time, in the US the first Futures contracts began trading in soft commodities back in the 1800s, in Japan rice Futures were traded as early as the 1700s. So Managed Futures funds have not been around that...
