En la tabla siguiente podemos ver los resultados del mes de diciembre de
los principales fondos cuantitativos y su acumulado anual. La
media de diciembre como podrán ver es de un beneficio de un +
0,67%, siendo en el acumulado del año de una pérdida de -
6,13%.
Un 72,0% de estos fondos acaban el año 2.012 en negativo.
¿ Cómo seguirá el nuevo año 2.013 ?. Para saberlo tendremos
que esperar a mediados de febrero. En la tabla siguiente tienen los resultados de los fondos
cuantitativos (fuente:
automated-trading-system.com):
Notes
* YTD: Year-To-Date performance.
** AUM: Assets Under Management for the program reported here (not total firm AUM)
*** The summary numbers are the mean of the monthly return and the mean
of the YTD, with the total sum of AUM, across all managers
*** The JWH figures are the last ones reported, in September, before the company shut its fun
Note that the figures referenced in the performance table are not
provided directly by any of the funds/CTAs featured in this report, but
are sourced from other publications such as hedge fund/CTA websites and
databases.
1 – Abraham Trading was founded by Salem Abraham, after he was
introduced to Managed Futures and Trend Following by Jerry Parker. He is
considered as a “second-generation” Turtle.
Program tracked: Diversified Program.
2 – Altis Partners started trading in 2001 and now manage over a $1B
with their Altis Global Futures Portfolio. The figures referenced in the
performance table are not provided by Altis Partners and no reliance
should be taken as to their accuracy, and as a consequence the figures
may not be in accordance with any CFTC / NFA performance reporting
requirements.
Program tracked: Global Futures Portfolio.
3 – The four founders of Aspect (Eugene Lambert, Anthony Todd,
Michael Adam and Martin Lueck) were significant members of one of the
most succesful funds in managed futures – AHL (Adam, Harding and Lueck).
Program tracked: Aspect Capital Diversified Program.
4 – Beach Horizon was created as a fully automated trend following
subsidiary of Beach Capital Mgt, founded by David Beach. Two of the
founders of Beach Horizon had early involvement in AHL.
Program Tracked: Managed Account.
5 – BlueTrend, from BlueCrest Capital, is one of the largest Trend Following funds – headed by Ms. Leda Braga.
Program tracked: BlueTrend Fund Limited.
6 – Campbell & Company is one of the oldest Trend Following firms, operating for around 4 decades.
Program tracked: Global Diversified Large.
7 – Chesapeake Capital was founded by Jerry Parker, a former Turtle.
Program tracked: Diversified Program.
8 – Clarke Capital was founded by Michael Clarke in 1993.
Program tracked: Millenium Program.
9 – Drury Capital, Inc., was founded in Illinois in 1992 by Bernard Drury.
Program tracked: Diversified Trend-Following.
10 – Dunn Capital was founded by Bill Dunn.
Program tracked: World Monetary and Agriculture (WMA).
11 – Eckhardt Trading is the firm managed by William Eckhardt, who co-led the Turtle experiment with Richard Dennis.
Program tracked: Standard Program.
12 – EMC Capital was founded by Liz Cheval, a former Turtle.
Program tracked: EMC Classic Program.
13 – Graham Capital was founded in 1994 by Ken Tropin, previously a Director of JWH.
Program tracked: K4-D10.
14 – Hawksbill Capital was founded by Tom Shanks, a former Turtle.
Program tracked: Global Diversified Program.
15 – Hyman Beck & Co. main principals are Alexander Hyman and Carl Beck.
Program tracked: Global Portfolio.
16 – JWH & Co. was founded by John W. Henry, now also owner of the Boston Red Sox.
Program tracked: Global Analytics.
17 – Originally ED & F Man, a commodities broker business founded
in 1783. Man became a succesful CTA starting in 1983, when partnering
with Larry Hite’s Mint Investments. Subsequently Man gradually acquirs
AHL (1989-1994) to form Man AHL: the systematic trading division of the
Man group.
Program tracked: Man AHL Diversified Futures Ltd.
18 – Mark J. Walsh was not an official Turtle but trained and worked
closely with Richard Dennis before starting his own fund management
business.
Program tracked: Standard Program.
19 – Millburn Ridgefield have been trading Trend Following models since the early 1970′s.
Program tracked: Diversified Program.
20 – Rabar Market Research is the company of Paul Rabar, a former Turtle.
Program tracked: Diversified Program.
21 – Saxon Investment was founded by Howard Seidler, a former Turtle.
Program tracked: Aggressive Diversified Program.
22 – Sunrise Capital is a CTA based in San Diego. Founded in 1980 by
Gary Davis, it merged in 1995 with Commodity Commodity Monitors, Inc.,
founded by Rick Slaughter in 1977.
Program tracked: Expanded Diversified Program.
23 – Tactical Investment Management was founded by David Druz, student of Ed Seykota.
Program tracked: Institutional Commodity Program.
24 – Transtrend is a Trend follower CTA based in Netherlands.
Program tracked: DTP – Enhanced Risk (USD).
25 – Winton Capital is a London-based CTA founded by Dave Harding (also co-founder of AHL).
Program tracked: Diversified Program.