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    CTAs getting crushed in September

    Jonathan FurelidBy Jonathan Furelid16/10/2017No Comments
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    Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Systematic trend following hedge funds or CTAs, as measured by the Barclay BTOP50 index, took another hit in September early estimates show. The index, which tracks some of the largest CTA managers in the world, had lost 2 percent by month-end according to early estimates, bringing losses to 4.2 percent for the year.

    Also among Nordic CTA managers early estimates point to significant negative numbers for the month. With 76 percent of underlying managers having reported, the index is down 1.4 percent translating into a 4.2 percent loss for the year.

    Industry giant Lynx report losses of 4.5 percent turning losses for the year to double digits again (-10.9 percent). SEB Asset Selection was down 1.8 percent. Estlander & Partners report a 2.8 percent loss for its Alpha Trend fund which brings the year-to-date loss to 12.3 percent. Swedish CTA multi-manager provider RPM also report significant losses for both the RPM Evolving CTA Fund (-4 percent) and Galaxy (-7.0 percent), translating into year-to-date losses of 13.6 and 9.3 percent respectively.

    Judging from the manager´s comments for the month, trend reversals during the second half of the month was to blame for the weak showing.

    “The second half of September was characterized by trend reversals in most major asset classes as the prospects for rate hikes were back on the table, after having been written off during the previous weeks. The dollar ended its downtrend and bond prices fell after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen boosted expectations for an interest-rate rise in December and cautioned against tightening ‘too gradually’”, Estlander writes citing commodities as having been the most challenging asset class during the year due to sideways price action.

    RPM highlights that trend following strategies were the most badly hurt by during the month while shorter term strategies and strategies using macro data to form investment positions fared relatively better.

    “In RPM’s funds, trend following managers were hit hardest by the trend reversals with losses arising from long bond positions, a short USD position and long metal positions. Our short-term and systematic macro managers were generally better able to maneuver these markets and was with few exceptions up in September.” 

    Among Nordic managers that had a positive contribution on the month were MG Commodity (+2.0 percent), IPM Systematic Macro (+1.5 percent) and Alfa Sigma Opportunities (+0.1 percent). MG Commodity is the best performer on the year with gains of 11.9 percent, according to HedgeNordic data.

     

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    Jonathan Furelid is editor and hedge fund analyst at HedgeNordic. Having a background allocating institutional portfolios of systematic strategies at CTA-specialist RPM Risk & Portfolio Management, Mr. Furelid’s focus areas include sytematic macro and CTAs. Jonathan can be reached at: jonathan@hedgenordic.com

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