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Top Traders Unplugged

SI299: Sharing the Trend Following Pie ft. Andrew Beer

Jun 8, 2024
Financial expert Andrew Beer discusses inflation, macroeconomic modeling, and trend following strategies. Topics include the existential crisis in modeling, trend followers as short sellers, dealing with replication model lag effect, sharing the trend following pie, money as packed anxiety, ETF industry positivity injection, and managed futures space stalling.
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  • Institutional investors underinvested in managed futures, despite higher alpha generation compared to equities.
  • Managed futures show consistent alpha generation and low correlation to equities, making them attractive for diversification.

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Underinvestment in Managed Futures by Institutional Investors

Institutional investors are significantly underinvested in managed futures, which represent only 6% of hedge fund assets compared to equity long short at 37% and multi-strategy at 20%. Despite being an underrepresented asset class, managed futures have shown higher alpha generation of 340 basis points per annum when compared to equities. This suggests a potential opportunity for institutional investors to diversify their portfolios and enhance returns by increasing allocations to managed futures.

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