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Systematica’s Blue Trend Fund Hit by April Storm Down 17.3% YTD; JGB Short Bet Backfires

Predrag Shipov
Predrag Shipov
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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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Gaia Blue Trend Fund Calendar Year Performance

Market Landscape

The market highlight in April was Trump’s announcement of tariff implementation across the board.

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Predrag Shipov

Librarian with a passion for writing. Being in the freelance writing business for a decade, looking for his niche, when all of a sudden the niche found him. Have been writing for Hedge Fund Alpha for almost three years, covering multiple topics - from investor educational, conferences, foundation coverage, to exclusive insights from hedge fund investor communication.