Managed futures win favour
Managed futures funds offer investors robust performance at times of “extreme global market volatility”, according to SuperAlphaFund Financial.
SuperAlphaFund director Matthias Gaertner said demand in futures funds was being driven by Australian investors seeking to hedge against the risks caused by inflation, low US currency, global capital shortage and the downturn in the equity markets.
“We are seeing market volatility similar to that experienced by Australian investors during the late 80s and early 90s when managed futures funds emerged as a means of diversification within traditional investment portfolios,” Gaertner said.
“Given investors today are far more aware of the need to structure portfolios with low correlating assets, we expect to see a local resurgence in managed futures fund investment.”
According to Gaertner, the group utilises fully automated trading systems to remove emotional factors from the investment decision-making process.
“The trading strategy takes long and short positions in more than 100 futures markets around the world and has successfully achieved above average returns for investors over the last 12 years.”
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