New York (HedgeCo.net) – Two prominent CTA indices have published positive year-to-date returns for managed futures funds, highlighting a promising start to the year for this sector. The BarclayHedge CTA Index, a leading hedge fund benchmark of representative performance of commodity trading advisors is up 0.85% for 2012 and the Newedge CTA index, designed to track the largest CTAs and be representative of the managed futures space is up 0.93% for the same period.

“Following the choppy markets in 2011, we have seen a noticeable shift in performance this year, pointing towards the trending market environment which is more suited to CTAs and managed futures players,” said Pauline Modjeski, President of Horizon Cash Management, which has a particular expertise in managed futures and seeks to maximize cash balance returns for over 70 separate managed accounts.