The Quant Renaissance: Why Institutional Allocators Are Returning to CTAs
Systematic strategies are back in favor—and at the heart of the quant resurgence are CTAs, once again attracting serious institutional capital. After a period of skepticism and under-allocation following a relatively muted post-crisis decade, large allocators are re-engaging with trend-following and other systematic macro strategies—not just for diversification, but for their ability to deliver real, […]
Trend-Following Is Not Dead: How CTAs Are Outpacing Traditional Hedge Funds
For years, trend-following strategies were dismissed as outdated—too slow, too simplistic, and too dependent on macro dislocations to remain competitive. Critics claimed the rise of high-frequency trading, machine learning, and alpha decay had relegated CTAs to the sidelines. But in recent years, the scoreboard tells a different story. Trend-following isn’t just alive—it’s outperforming. In 2022 […]
CTAs in a Post-ZIRP World: Momentum Strategies That Still Work
The end of the zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) era has reshaped financial markets—and for CTAs, it’s been a long-awaited reset. After a decade of distorted signals, compressed volatility, and policy-driven markets, the return of rate dispersion, inflation risk, and macro uncertainty has reawakened many of the classic momentum strategies that define CTA performance. Contrary […]
