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Trend-Following Alfa Axiom Fund Stages a Comeback in July

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Trend-following fund Alfa Axiom Fund generated a whopping return of 8.30% in July, reducing the fund’s year-to-date loss to 5.15%. This...

Long equity exposure no reason to doubt CTA crisis protection – RPM

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - In its most recent research piece, Swedish CTA-specialist RPM argue that the current long equity exposure of systematic trend following strategies...

Nordic CTAs recover in July, trend followers in bad international company on year

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Nordic CTAs, as measured by the Nordic Hedge CTA Index (NHX CTA), gained 2.37 percent in July and thereby recovered from...

Nordic CTAs add to losses in second quarter as industry suffers

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Nordic CTAs continued to struggle during the second quarter 2017 as the NHX CTA Index lost another 4.1% during the period,...

Lynx extends worst drawdown since inception following June setback

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Swedish CTA giant Lynx, headed by CEO and founding partner Svante Bergström (pictured), posted one of its worst monthly losses since...

Directional volatility key to turnaround for CTAs, RPM argue

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - In Wednesday´s edition of EFN TV's "Börslunch Special", a local Swedish television show covering financial markets, RPM's executive Vice President Per...

The Mystery of Historically Low Volatility

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - One of the biggest mysteries in the world of financial markets in the still young Trump era has been the historically...

Mixed CTA May Performance Shows Few Points of Light

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - The latest performance figures for the Societe Generale (SG) CTA indices are showing a flatish performance overall for CTAs in May,...

CTAs more than just a tail risk hedge – Bornemann

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - In a recent interview with Citywire, Hans-Olov Bornemann (pictured), who is heading the quant team behind the SEB Asset Selection Fund,...

IPM Systematic Approach Pays Off Amid Trump Deflation

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Deflating hopes about U.S. President Donald Trump’s reflation effect have proved highly beneficial to Swedish investment manager Informed Portfolio Management (IPM),...

Announcing the winners: Best Nordic CTA 2016

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - In what was a challenging year for the CTA industry overall, there were some funds clearly standing out from the crowd, significantly...

Bring out the cook!

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - There are few pop bands I dislike more than the “Pet Shop Boys”. One line of their lyrics to „Opportunities” I...