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QuantEdge Global Appears More Macro Than Systematic

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Mark Melin
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Singapore-based QuantEdge Global has been found sitting on top and at the bottom of the HSBC Hedge Weekly leader board for several years. The fund’s high watermark, up 44.94% year-to-date, has been the source of much discussion, with performance attribution reported to be centering on a “term premium” strategy. New analysis from Markov Processes International (MPI) attempts to explain the strategy that is identified on the HSBC platform as "Systematic." After modeling the performance, Markov and his team ponder this categorization, pointing to a more nuanced macro global returns profile.

Quantedge Markov model performance
Markov's proprietary modeling of Quantedge performance

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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.