Illustrating how relatively niche hedge funds are dominating the HSBC Hedge Weekly performance rankings in 2015, the $75 million Higher Moment Capital Opportunities fund is currently leading the performance reporting list as the year's end approaches.

Niche Hedge Funds - Higher Moment trades derivatives and follows trends to the lead
Higher Moment Capital, a Cambridge, Mass.-based macro systematic investment fund run by Ravi Singh, is up 32.27% year to date, significantly beating the Systematic / Global category average of 0.69%. Singh, who prior to opening the fund worked in the Economic Research...

