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Investor interest in long/short equity strategies appears to be making a comeback as market volatility and stock dispersion – driven in part by higher interest rates – create fresh opportunities for active managers. According to MandateWire of the Financial Times, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund made its first external allocation...

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Mandatum Managed Futures Maintains Momentum

Mandatum Managed Futures Fund was named the “Best Nordic Managed Futures Fund” at the Nordic Hedge Award for the second year in a row,...

Nordic CTAs Hit by March Market Reversals

In March 2025, the NHX CTA Index was down amid several intra-month reversals across markets as profits in commodities were not enough to offset...

DBi Secures Nordic Backing for Ex-Commodities Managed Futures ETF

Less than a month after launching Europe’s only Managed Futures ETF, iM Global Partner (iMGP) and its partner DBi have introduced the first managed...

Europe Gets Its Managed Futures UCITS ETF with iMGP DBi Launch

The United States has long been home to trend-following CTA ETFs, offering investors quick, liquid exposure to one of the most effective diversifiers in...

CTAs Struggle Amid Reversals, Non-Trend Strategies Hold Up

In February 2025, the NHX CTA index was down due to losses in soft commodities, energies, and bonds as markets reversed forcefully on gloomy...

Mixed CTA Performance as Traditional Trend-Followers Lead

By HedgeNordic and RPM: In January 2025, the NHX CTA sub-index in the Nordic Hedge Index edged up 0.3 percent, trailing other CTA benchmarks....

Main Drivers of CTA Performance in 2024

By RPM Risk & Portfolio Management: Following a year of low Time Series Momentum (TSMOM) and relatively weak performance, in 2024, CTAs generated positive...

A Mouthfull of CTA Flavours

Picture stepping into a bustling kitchen filled with chefs from around the world, each working with the same core ingredients—spices, proteins, and grains—but creating...

Mandatum’s CTA Defies Trend in Tough August for Trend-Followers

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Trend-following managers had a tough time navigating markets in August, as evidenced by the 4.5 percent decline in the SG Trend...

SEB’s Asset Selection Hit Hardest

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Many trend-following players faced significant challenges during the sharp sell-off in early August, driven by the unwinding of Yen-funded carry trades...

Sell-Off Challenges CTAs: Crisis-Alpha in Short Supply?

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – After a period of strong equity returns throughout most of 2024, trend-following CTAs were heavily long equities ahead of the sell-offs...

Estlander Awaiting the Black Swan

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Finnish systematic asset manager Estlander & Partners has been in the business of providing so-called “crisis alpha” for decades through one...