Reuters – CTAs have attracted more assets than any other HF strategy since the market correction of 2008. Since 2007 CTAs and global macro managers assets have increase by 50%, while l/s equity managers have seen their assets decline by 21%.
Donald Steinbrugge of Agecroft Partners says the quantitative analysis employed by Commodity Trading Advisers, or CTAs, has allowed the funds to beat the broad market and deliver positive returns.