Hedge Funds Contributed Editorial

"What I Know as a Former Hedge Fund CTO”: Fusing Technology Optimisation With Business Flexibility in the Alternative Investment Space

20 March 2023 Public Tom Cole

How can a CTO in today’s alternative investment space achieve a blend of technology optimisation, business flexibility, and mature governance?

Kettera Strategies Heat Map - February 2023

14 March 2023 Public Kettera Strategies

February was generally a good month for systematic trend followers. The key performance drivers appeared to be the opposite of what worked in January

Directional Data Biases and Systematic Trend Following: Friends or Foes?

14 March 2023 Public Stefanel Radu

This paper considers the influence that directional data biases may have in developing systematic trend-following (momentum) models

East vs West? The New Frontier of Regulations in Crypto Assets

13 March 2023 Public Mark Witten

We see many potential ways in which crypto innovation can be a solution to regulatory challenges. Critically, there is a wide range of outcomes for crypto regulation and adoption around the world

Latest Numbers Signal Upbeat Outlook for South Africa’s Hedge Funds Sector

6 March 2023 Public Stuart Fieldhouse

The South African hedge fund industry grew its assets by a punchy 30% in 2023 with ZAR 5.33bn (USD 290m) of net inflows in 2022

New SEC Rules: Why Investment Firms Must Step up their Cybersecurity Oversight

20 February 2023 Public Christian Scott

With April only weeks away, firms need to proactively prepare for and respond to these imminent rules

Kettera Strategies Heat Map - January 2023

10 February 2023 Public Kettera Strategies

Long-term trend programs were mixed to negative in January, where performance was largely depending on exposure to fixed income and short-term rates

2022 CTA Index Performance Review

9 February 2023 Public Tom Wrobel

CTAs of all varieties completed a very strong positive year’s performance in 2022

Kettera Strategies Heat Map - December 2022

17 January 2023 Public Kettera Strategies

Industrial specialists were positive in December, led by strong returns in energy trading, particularly nat gas traders with short-biased exposures

LIBOR Transition: The Countdown Is On

16 January 2023 Public Ian Sams

Financial institutions and corporates have fewer than six months to get ready for one of the biggest changes to financial markets in history

Why New Launch Hedge Funds Need to Choose Technology Wisely

11 January 2023 Public Chris Jenkins

As new funds continue to launch, one of the most critical decisions they face is around the technology and infrastructure they put in place to support their business activities

Japanese Hedge Funds Review And Outlook 2022/23

9 January 2023 Public Patrick Ghali

Perhaps not entirely surprisingly given the global backdrop, 2022 was yet another challenging year for Japanese hedge funds on an absolute return basis with the average manager in the HFRI Japan Index returning +0.3% through September of last year

Beyond the Turing Test: A New Path to Artificial General Intelligence

19 December 2022 Public Alex Bogdan

The ability for AI to imitate humans, as measured by the Turing Test, is no longer an adequate measure. Instead, the Bogdan Test may hold the key to developing and measuring true Artificial General Intelligence

Kettera Strategies Heat Map - November 2022

12 December 2022 Public Kettera Strategies

Long term trend following strategies suffered a large “give back” month in November. There was a substantial and broad-based reversal in trends across all asset classes

Kettera Strategies Heat Map October 2022

10 November 2022 Public Kettera Strategies

Most systematic trend programs suffered some degree of setback in October in the equity index markets, due to short positions carried over from late September