An adaptive quantitative model must distinguish between genuine changes in market dynamics and random noise to avoid overreacting and making poor investment decisions
Not only must firms gain control over their current operations with technology, but they must also be able to onboard new asset classes and strategies as they will inevitably emerge
Long-term trend following programs suffered a difficult August, especially in currencies (long USD got slammed) and energies (long exposures did poorly)
Investment funds registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) will need to determine whether they will elect to take the "alternative route to compliance" or whether they will establish and maintain a beneficial ownership register
Longer-term trend programs finished the month mixed, although with more negatives than positives - pulling this strategy bucket down into negative territory
Given the multitude of factors that can affect asset risk, AI techniques provide a natural and effective solution to improve investment performance and mitigate risk
Discretionary global macro managers generally performed well in April. Those programs that generated outsized gains appeared to have done so in commodities and currencies