Rydex Managed Futures Strategy Fund Attracts $1 Billion in Assets - International Business Times
3-Nov 2008 | "managed futures"

Rydex Managed Futures Strategy Fund Attracts $1 Billion in AssetsInternational Business Times, NY - 14 hours agoRydex Managed Futures Strategy Fund, launched in ...

CME Group Volume Averaged 12.5 Million Contracts per Day in October, Up 13 Percent from Year-Ago Levels on a Combined Basis
3-Nov 2008 | CME Group MediaRoom

E-mini equity index volume up 83 percent

JPMorgan, BNP Alums Form Commodity Hedge Fund
3-Nov 2008 | FINalternatives

Five commodity specialists from JPMorgan Chase and BNP Paribas are leaving London to start Four Elements Capital Management in Singapore. read more

Why an agricultural commodity ETF looks ripe
3-Nov 2008 | MarketWatch.com

Take a look at the PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund exchange-traded fund. On the surface, it looks pretty rotten, having fallen from over $42 in June to last month's low ...

CME Group Trading Plastics Futures
4-Nov 2008 | emii.com : Exchanges and Trading

CME Group has begun trading plastics futures

Eurekahedge Manager Interviews : Marc H. Malek, Managing Partner at Conquest Capital
10-Nov 2008 | Eurekahedge: Hedge Fund Manager Interviews

The Conquest Managed Futures Select(MFS), along with other domestic and offshore funds, is managed by Conquest Capital LLC, a Commodity Trading Advisor(CTA) specialising in the trading of futures and FX markets globally. Conquest Capital LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Conquest Capital Group, which also manages a multi-manager portfolio through another subsidiary Condor Capital LLC. The management firm handles an asset base of about USD382 million, and has ten employees including five investment professionals. Marc H. Malek has 13 years experience in managing currency based investment products, spanning various roles in analysis, trading system design, trading and fund management. These included senior level stints at UBS, first as the worldwide head of the exotic FX derivatives group, and later as the executive director in charge of FX proprietary trading in Europe. He is an engineer by training, with a BS in engineering and applied science from California Institute of Technology.

CME Faces Futures Shock
10-Nov 2008 | emii.com : Derivatives

The CME Group Inc could face a radically different regulatory landscape as the US Congress weighs sweeping reform of financial oversight

CFTC wants new regulatory system
11-Nov 2008 | Latest financial news

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Managed Futures Update - October Recap ()
11-Nov 2008 | Wisdom Financial Blog

Futures Trading, Commodity Trading October Update. Commodity Trading Advisors and Managed Futures Traders sector post best monthly returns for the year in October.

Opalesque Exclusive: As October hedge fund indices point to devastating month, CTAs tantalize as a lone bright spot
11-Nov 2008 | Opalesque

From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York: Late last week the release of the HFRX indices (Global Hedge Fund Index reported -9.26%) confirmed fears that October was even more devastating to hedge fund returns than the previous month. With the other major indices yet to issue finalized numbers the lone bright spot seems as though it may continue to be CTAs...

Superfund opens alternatives fund
11-Nov 2008 | Managed Futures News

From Financial Standard: Superfund Group is launching its Super Alpha Fund 1, providing investors with access to managed futures and market neutral long short strategies that have delivered more than 13 per cent per annum for more than a decade.

Ospraie in a corner
12-Nov 2008 | Latest financial news

Years before Dwight Walter Anderson was running the world's largest commodities hedge fund from an office 27 floors above New York City's Park Avenue, he was on the road for a software consulting firm based in Chicago.

Trend Following CTAs: No Panacea
12-Nov 2008 | Managed Futures News

From Seeking Alpha: Regular readers of my blog are aware of my skepticism about the value of hedge funds as investments. While I have the greatest respect for some hedge fund managers who are capable of adding significant value, aggregate hedge fund returns have been far too correlated with S&P 500 returns and undiversifying for them to justify their fee structure. See some of my past comments here, here, here and here.

Rydex intros currency-based exchange-traded trust
13-Nov 2008 | InvestmentNews.com Latest Headlines

Rydex Investments of Rockville, Md., today announced that shares of its exchange traded trust, CurrencyShares Russian Ruble Trust (XRU), will begin trading today.

db x-trackers lists first commodity ETF
14-Nov 2008 | Investment Week Breaking News

db x-trackers has launched its first commodity exchange traded fund (ETF) on the London Stock Exchange. The ...

How Options Saved Mexicos Budget
14-Nov 2008 | emii.com : Exchanges and Trading

The news that Mexico has locked in prices of at least 70 a barrel for 90 of next years oil exports has surprised many traders and demonstrated the depth of the oil derivatives markets

Vision Capital Sees Global Futures
14-Nov 2008 | FINalternatives

Utah-based Vision Capital Management recently launched its Global Futures 2x Fund. read more

Merchant, Krom River Advanced in October as Commodities Slumped
16-Nov 2008 | Managed Futures News

From Bloomberg: Merchant Commodity Fund, a hedge fund run by former Cargill Inc. traders Michael Coleman and Doug King, rose 8.5 percent in October, profiting from the worst commodity rout in 52 years, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

Alaron Acquires Los Angeles-based Introducing Broker
16-Nov 2008 | Managed Futures News

From MarketWatch: Alaron Trading Corporation ("Alaron"), a leading full-service retail futures and options brokerage house, today announced acquisition of Axis Global Management ("Axis"), a Los Angeles-based Introducing Broker with nine employees.

BarclayHedge: Managed Futures Up 10.8% YTD
17-Nov 2008 | FINalternatives

Investors with exposure to managed futures this year are being richly rewarded, while others looking to diversify away from their souring hedge fund portfolios may find some solace in the asset class. read more

Da Vinci’s Green Falcon Fund Set To Take Flight In Jan.
17-Nov 2008 | FINalternatives

Zürich, Switzerland-based Da Vinci Invest is adding a greener tint to its portfolio. The volatility arbitrage hedge fund is readying an environmental shariah-compliant offering to launch in January. Dubbed the Green Falcon Fund, the new vehicle will invest in the carbon markets and forestry. read more

Quant traders limit risk as losses mount
17-Nov 2008 | Reuters: Funds News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robust returns for a group of powerful hedge funds that thrived for years using sophisticated trading programs may be a thing of the past after a "Black Swan" event hit global markets this year.

Managed-futures funds outperforming the market
17-Nov 2008 | Managed Futures News

From Investment News: The pain and suffering spreading across the global financial markets has translated into a bonanza of opportunities for the relatively obscure corner of the alternatives space known as the managed-futures industry.

The Future of Futures Execution
17-Nov 2008 | Managed Futures News

In the short-term, the overall de-leveraging of the global economy will cut back the use of all derivatives products by investment banks and hedge funds.

Threadneedle to join peers with commodities funds
18-Nov 2008 | Latest news from Wealth Bulletin

Threadneedle Asset Management is to launch its first fund to invest long and short in instruments linked to commodities. The asset class has helped both computer-driven ...

Commodity volatility now favoured by hedge funds
19-Nov 2008 | FT.com

Fund managers anxious not to lose out on potential benefits of trading volatility as an asset class are turning their attention to products including variance swaps based on ...

Merrill Lynch Announces 2009 Composition and Weights for the Merrill Lynch Commodity Index (Business Wire)
19-Nov 2008 | Yahoo! Finance: Commodities News

Merrill Lynch today announced the composition and weights for the 2009 Merrill Lynch Commodity index eXtraSM . The MLCX is designed to provide ...

Coxe Commodity Strategy Fund
19-Nov 2008 | Managed Futures News

From Newswire.ca: Coxe Commodity Strategy Fund announced today that it has approved a proposal to add a conversion right to the provisions of the Fund's ...

How Superfund had 30% returns from Jan-Oct'08?
20-Nov 2008 | Managed Futures News

From Money Control: Aaron Smith, Managing Director of Superfund, the company is a managed futures fund and that they have a diversified portfolio of the futures markets ...

Coffee Falls as Supplies Gain, Demand by Hedge Funds Dwindles
23-Nov 2008 | Managed Futures News

From Bloomberg: Coffee dropped the third straight day in New York on higher bean output by the world's biggest producers and signs that commodity investments by hedge funds ...

Former Rocket Scientist Preps Master-Feeder Quant. Fund
24-Nov 2008 | FINalternatives

Paskewitz Asset Management is launching a master-feeder fund for its Contrarian S&P 500 Stock Index program, with an offshore fund launching Dec. 1, and an onshore ...

'Sad Month' For Diapason's Agriculature Fund
24-Nov 2008 | FINalternatives

Agriculture commodities posted their worst monthly performance ever in October, and so did the Diapason Long Short Agriculture Commodity Fund.

MF Global repays bridge facility
24-Nov 2008 | MarketWatch.com

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- MF Global Ltd said Monday that it has repaid the final portion of a $1.4 billion bridge facility that it took out when it went public in July 2007.

Leveraged Commodity, Currency ETFs Launch
25-Nov 2008 | IndexUniverse

ProShares is bringing its popular leveraged and inverse investing concept to the commodities and currency markets.

HedgeStreet Offers Binary Futures Options
25-Nov 2008 | emii.com : Exchanges and Trading

HedgeStreet has announced a new product which allows retail investors to trade binary option contracts on equity index futures

Major commodity fund sees start of China recovery
26-Nov 2008 | Managed Futures News

From The Age: Investment firm BlackRock says China is starting to recover from a downturn after the introduction of stimulus packages.

Commods lose diversification edge with crisis
26-Nov 2008 | Managed Futures News

From Guardian: Using commodities to hedge potential losses in stock markets has not worked lately, and the tighter link among assets these days means diversification benefits ...

Amaranth Makes Deal On FERC Market Manipulation Charges
26-Nov 2008 | FINalternatives

Collapsed hedge fund Amaranth Advisors and two former traders have settled one set of the market manipulation charges against them. read more

Commodities fund says secure to 2012 despite market crunch
26-Nov 2008 | Opalesque Commodities Briefing

From Reuters: The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) is sufficiently funded until 2012 despite the global financial crisis, but falling interest rates could erode its earnings in the ...

Opalesque Exclusive: Jim Simons' Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund, hedge fund of funds struggle, portfolio construction to change
27-Nov 2008 | Opalesque

From Matthias Knab: In yesterday's overview "FLAT is the new up, CTAs lead hedge fund return leagues" (see here for full article), we already pointed out to the wide dispersion of ...

Lost in commodity Futures, bankruptcy on a roll
27-Nov 2008 | Managed Futures News

From Commodity Online: Stories of investors committing suicide after losing out in stock market are obsolete. But what are not coming to surface are stories of big entrepreneurs ...

VIEW-Castlestone positive to commodities
28-Nov 2008 | Reuters: Funds News

LONDON (Reuters) - Alternative asset manager Castlestone Management said lower commodity prices create buying opportunities for long-term investors and it is taking ...