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A Hedge Fund Investor's Guide to Understanding Managed Futures
Managed futures strategies are a niche-within-a-niche in the capital markets. Despite this status, managed futures have become of particular interest to hedge fund investors. This paper discusses why this has become the case by focusing on this strategy’s unique diversification properties. It also briefly covers the main characteristics of this investment category, its underlying sources of return, and alternative statistical measures that are appropriate for comparing managed futures investments with hedge fund investments.
Author(s):
Hilary Till, Joseph Eagleeye
Summary:
Managed futures strategies are a niche-within-a-niche in the capital markets. Despite this status, managed futures have become of particular interest to hedge fund investors. This paper discusses why this has become the case by focusing on this strategy’s unique diversification properties. It also briefly covers the main characteristics of this investment category, its underlying sources of return, and alternative statistical measures that are appropriate for comparing managed futures investments with hedge fund investments.
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| Date : | 01/03/2011 |
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