You might be wondering what a CTA is. A CTA is a Portfolio Manager for derivative products such as foreign exchange, commodities or futures. If you're familiar with traditional mutual funds or hedg..

In its most rudimentary form, an asset swap is an exchange of the cash flow or risk profile of one asset for another, for a given, pre-determined period of time. Assets swaps are undertaken for a vari..

The first of a two part articleFund managers, whether they be equity or bond traders, know all too well that returns are not simply a result of their asset selection prowess. Many external factors co..

In a world of increased industrial activity and an overabundance of manufactured beauty, people are becoming more and more interested in the natural world. It is only natural then, that when consideri..