Audio: Abbey Capital investor relations team

11th European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards 2012

Being a fund of commodity trading advisers (CTAs) means Abbey Capital's investor relations team has its work cut out providing education to investors on how these comparatively little-understood strategies work.

While most hedge fund investors are fairly comfortable with equity strategies, CTAs are generally perceived as more complex and unfamiliar. The nature of CTA/managed futures funds, especially the trend-following ones that make up the bulk of the CTA universe, at first glance appears coun