Chinese authorities have "taken into custody" Li Yifei, chairwoman of British hedge fund manager Man Group Plc's China unit, a move that came as a shock to some in the algorithmic trading community. But while the headlines were, themselves, arresting, underneath the surface lies the real story. LI is being taken into custody for questioning, and what Chinese authorities might realize is that she is unaffiliated with the trading decisions of Man Group and even still the firm's passive trend following algorithms, if they have maintained traditional roots, are likely not designed to manipulate markets.
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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