Managed futures CTAs have lost their grip on the HSBC weekly hedge funds report, replaced by Asian and European funds, some of whom are approaching 20 percent returns year to date. Asian focused hedge funds running the table early As of the week ending April 10, the top performing hedge fund in the HSBC performance listing is the Quam China Focus Segregated Portfolio, up 18.63 percent in just three short months. The rebound for QUAM is sweet, as it languished on the bottom 20 list in 2014, ending the year with -7.84 percent returns after finishing 2013 with 61.60 percent…
HSBC Shows Rotation In Top Hedge Funds’ Performers
Mark Melin
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.