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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...

CTA returns remain muted in first quarter, Nordic managers lag

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - The Nordic CTA industry had another lacklustre quarter in Q1 2017, lagging the SG CTA and Trend indices but outperforming an...

CTAs recovering in February – gain on year following uninspiring 2016

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Systematic futures trading strategies, widely referred to as CTAs, have rebounded strongly in February following a period of lacklustre performance, early...

HedgeNordic CTA Roundtable 2016

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - For CTAs and quant macro strategies, 2016 was another challenging year. Generally, the strategy group benefited from external market shocks such as worries...

CTAs end 2016 on a positive note

CTAs continued to head north during the last two weeks of December adding to an already positive month. The currency bucket was the leading...

10 Years with SEB Asset Selection

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - On 3 October 2016,  SEB Asset Selection celebrated its 10th anniversary since inception. The funds portfolio manager, Hans-Olov Bornemann (pictured) and SEBs Global...