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Commodity Investments in Finland

Helsinki (HedgeNordic) - In an interview with Karri Lehtinen, the Managing Director of Helsinki based MG Commodity Corporation, Mr. Lehtinen gives an overview of commodity...

Passion Palette of a CTA Pioneer

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Finnish men are not famed nor do they have a worldwide reputation for being very outspoken about their emotions, and expressing them...

IPM gains in April

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Sweden’s Informed Portfolio Management (IPM)’s Systematic Macro Fund was up 4.0% for April 2016, reporting gains across virtually all five of...

Machine Learning Centre launched by Man AHL & Oxford University

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) -  The Oxford-Man Institute (OMI), the collaboration between Man AHL and the University of Oxford, has announced the creation of a new...

Best Nordic CTA 2015 – IPM Systematic Macro

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Swedish quant shop Informed Portfolio Management (IPM), were awarded "Best Nordic CTA" at the 2015 Nordic Hedge Awards for their Systematic Macro...

Nordic CTAs – rock solid start to 2016

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Nordic CTAs had a rock solid start to 2016. Summarizing the performance for the first quarter reveals that the NHX CTA,...

Lyxor upgrades CTAs to slight overweight

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - French asset manager Lyxor has upped its strategic allocation to CTAs according to its most recent weekly brief report. The change...

Estlander & Partners post losses in March as market sentiment turns

Vienna (HedgeNordic) – March saw Finland’s Estlander & Partners (E&P) reporting drops of -3.79% (+6.05 YTD) for its Alpha Trend CTA program and -3.49%...

Do CTAs Suffer from Crowdedness?

Stockholm (HedgeNordic - Teaser) - Trend following CTAs have an enviable track record. In addition to superior absolute returns, their ability to show positive returns...

A different approach to trend following

Stockholm (HedgeNordic-Teaser) - Vienna-based CTA, SMN, has been running their SMN Diversified Futures Fund for close to 20 years. Continued research along the way...

CTA-space oddities

Stockholm (HedgeNordic - Teaser) - Generally speaking, there are two oddities in investor behavior with regards to CTAs and hedge funds, especially among larger...

Special Report: CTA & Macro Strategies 2016

Stockholm (HedgeNordic) - Over the years, CTAs have been declared dead numerous times. Funny enough, the grave diggers tend to be most vocal around...