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CTAste – A Potpourri of Flavors

By Linus Nilsson of NilssonHedge: Allocators frequently differentiate between systematic and discretionary strategies and do typically view the groups differently. In this short exposé,...

60/40 Portfolios and the Need for Smart Diversification

By Artur Sepp (pictured) of Quantica Capital AG: A key question of any institutional investor in times of high equity valuations and record low...

Alternative Markets Amidst Covid Turmoil

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Since 2016, Austrian CTA SMN has been trading its Structural Alpha Trend program as part of its flagship SMN Diversified Futures...

A New Climate for Systematic Investing?

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – No one can really know what will be the long-term consequences of the recent market and economic turmoil. Aspect Capital holds...

Revisiting Trend-Following CTAs

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Many trend-following CTAs have profited in the first quarter of 2020, and most of Systematica’s various trend-following strategies have outperformed the...

Sanity Checking Momentum and Trend

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – In February 2020 Finnish asset manager Northern Star Partners launched a new fund, NS Quant, to capture positive and negative price...

Webinar: Understanding CTA/Trend Following Return Dispersion During the COVID-19 Crisis

Partner Content (Efficient Capital) - Chad Martinson, Co-Chief Investment Officer at Efficient Capital Management, will explain some of the drivers of the remarkably wide...

CTA Pioneer Comes Back to the Front

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Most Nordic hedge funds were not spared from the coronavirus-fuelled sell-off that tanked global markets in March. Some funds, however, shone...

Best Nordic CTA 2019

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Nordic CTAs enjoyed a great run from the beginning of 2019 through the end of the summer, gaining 4.2 percent on...

Nordic CTAs Among Few Bright Spots

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Nordic CTAs emerged as the only strategy category in the Nordic Hedge Index to post positive returns on aggregate in March....

Calculo Goes Forward, Quietly and Slowly

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Wild swings across markets were the rule in the first quarter of the year. Most trend-followers got whipsawed in that environment,...

Volt Delivers Electrifying Returns

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Many hedge funds have been caught flat-footed by the coronavirus-fueled market sell-off, but some funds are performing very well in the...