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Additional Information Managed Futures Databases: Hedge Fund Due Diligence: National Futures Association (NFA): Center For International Securities and Derivatives Markets www.cisdm.org: Article: The Benefit of Managed Futures |
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Why Managed Futures?
The managed futures industry includes Commodity Pool Operators and
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs). Managed futures falls under the category
of “alternative investments” and is considered a sub category under hedge
funds. Recent growth in managed futures has been substantial. "In 2002, it was
estimated that more than $45 billion was under management by managed
futures trading advisors. By the end of 2007, that number had grown to more
than $200 billion".* Recent reports show the total assets under management for
Q4 2011 to be $314.6B.** This growth has come in part from investors
discovering value in an investment that correlates very little to others. CTAs
and CPOs offer investors a mechanism to truly diversify in a way that a typical
portfolio of stocks, bonds and even other hedge funds cannot. In other words,
managed futures performance tends to be uncorrelated and unrelated to
factors that influence the performance of stocks and bonds.
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** Barclay Hedge
The managed futures industry includes Commodity Pool Operators and
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs). Managed futures falls under the category
of “alternative investments” and is considered a sub category under hedge
funds. Recent growth in managed futures has been substantial. "In 2002, it was
estimated that more than $45 billion was under management by managed
futures trading advisors. By the end of 2007, that number had grown to more
than $200 billion".* Recent reports show the total assets under management for
Q4 2011 to be $314.6B.** This growth has come in part from investors
discovering value in an investment that correlates very little to others. CTAs
and CPOs offer investors a mechanism to truly diversify in a way that a typical
portfolio of stocks, bonds and even other hedge funds cannot. In other words,
managed futures performance tends to be uncorrelated and unrelated to
factors that influence the performance of stocks and bonds.
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** Barclay Hedge
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PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS |