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...[CTAs] can be short one day and long the next.” In comparison, Mr Bhaduri argues that managed futures funds should account for half of the typical investor’s exposure to hedge funds....
...BlueTrend, which is sponsored by Merrill Lynch, is a Ucits-compliant version of a CTA strategy run by BlueCrest....
.... ● International Asset Management has launched the IAM Trading Fund, which will invest in 10-15 CTAs, the trend-following hedge funds....
...That is because panic creates trends that these funds exploit, according to Cem Habib, principal of London-based Altedge Capital that runs a small CTA fund of funds....
...The loss compares with the 19% slide in the MSCI World Index last month, as managers who trade futures, known as commodity trading advisers, or CTAs, and those who invest in Japan helped offset declines,...
...The standout Credit Opportunities LP fund returned 590 percent in 2007. At year’s end, the entire quartet totaled roughly $9 billion....
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