Have wealth managers overlooked the best hedging strategy in town?

The best hedging strategy in town?

The Contrarian Investor examines a segment of the fund market which could be set for a renaissance - despite remaining overlooked in some quarters.

The hedge fund community has had a good start to 2015. According to Preqin, hedgies and their funds have now returned 5.4% for 2015 YTD, compared to 4.6% for the whole of 2014. Much of the most fascinating part of the turnaround has been focused on CTA, or managed futures funds. These are run by very diverse managers, most of whom use market-trend models – a quantitative-driven approach that says markets trend for short to medium time periods. The UK's 25 richest hedge fund managers Until just a few months ago, the CTA community was deeply unloved by many wealth managers. The c...