Systematica's BlueTrend Fund is a trend-following hedge fund that invests in a broad array of assets and markets, including equities, bonds, commodities, interest rates, and currencies. The fund is managed by Lee Braga's Systematica Investments, which has around $15 billion AUM.
The goal of the strategy is to generate between 10% and 15% annual gains in every market environment. In the fund’s latest April letter, the fund reported a challenging year so far with -17.3% YTD returns, while April was especially bad with -8.8% returns.
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Market Landscape
The market highlight in April was Trump’s announcement of tariff implementation across the board.