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QCM Posts Strong Returns In Difficult Managed Futures Environment

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Mark Melin
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Quality Capital Management (QCM), a leading London-based managed futures hedge fund, posted a strong February performance, bucking the industry trend. The hedge fund currently manages

QCM up while BarclayHedge BTop 50 down

QCM’s Global Diversified Program was up 2.26% in February while the benchmark BarclayHedge BTop 50 index, which measures the largest managed futures funds, was down -0.18 over the same period.  The firm has had only four negative years since its founding in December of 1995.

Long equities

QCM benefited from a long equities position in February.  “QCM profited in February as investors viewed some lackluster economic data as largely a result of the unseasonably cold weather gripping the US. Political upheaval in the Ukraine...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.