Quantmetrics connects with Lyxor 20 February 2015London Reporter: Stephanie Palmer
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Lyxor Asset Management has partnered up with Quantmetrics Capital Management, adding to connections in Lyxor’s alternative investment managers account platform.
This will be the first strategy to launch on the platform that is compliant with the alternative investment fund managers directive (AIFMD).
Lyxor’s managed account platform connects a range of alternative strategies, helping investors to make key decisions around hedge fund selection, portfolio construction and risk management.
Quantmetrics’s investment strategy will be a short-term commodity trading advisor (CTA) programme, investing in all asset classes and seeking to combine behavioural insights with quantitative analysis to capture alpha.
As a specialist in short-term systemic trading, Quantmetrics aims to exploit temporary price discrepancies in financial markets in the US, Europe and Asia.
James Fowler, founder of Quantmetrics, said: “With the current environment, institutional investors are finding it difficult to source opportunities that can offer sustainable performance.”
“Our strategies have been developed to generate returns across different market environments. This is especially so at times of crisis, where we believe our niche strategies can exploit short-term opportunities in highly liquid futures. We are pleased that Lyxor has chosen to work with Quantmetrics, and we expect institutional investors’ portfolios to benefit from our strategy.”
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