DB Platinum TT International, a global macro, multi-asset class hedge fund, saw a slight decline of -.02% in January, according to an investor letter reviewed by ValueWalk. TT International, counted among Europe’s largest hedge funds, credits its European equity portfolio as a stabilizer of returns despite the January fall in markets broadly offset losses on the macro book. The fund notes that “positive contributions from its long option positions in Peugeot SA (EPA:UG) (OTCMKTS:PEUGY) and ThyssenKrupp AG (ETR:TKA) (FRA:TKA) (OTCMKTS:TYEKF), which recovered strongly from December’s losses, were augmented by gains on our long positions in banks such as UBS AG…
"Least Objectionable" Investments Found in EU: TT International
Mark Melin
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.