Commoditising commodities
Hedge funds
Hedge funds' activity in the commodities market is reaching an inflection point. A number of large funds that in recent years dabbled in commodities plan to launch stand-alone commodity investment vehicles by mid-2006, say participants. "Multi-strategy and macro funds, whose allocation to commodities has typically been below 10%, are now ready to give portfolio managers the opportunity to generate alpha from a 100% commodities investment vehicle," says Bradley Ziff, a director in both the
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