Commodity Trading Advisor, Genuine Trading Solutions, a registered CTA with the CFTC, says the role today of a CTA is constantly evolving.
Dwayne Strocen, President of Genuine Trading Solutions says once upon a time a Commodity Trading Advisor was content to be known as a Portfolio Manager trading commodities and futures for a managed futures fund. There is no question todays investor has become more sophisticated. In response, todays selection of investment products has become ever more complex and varied, the need for the CTA to understand the uses and management of these products becomes even more acute.
So what exactly is the role of todays Commodity Trading Advisor. Certainly trading of derivative products for a managed futures fund continues to be as important as before. A CTA has also become more involved with derivative analytics. This role is essentially focused upon becoming an analyst to structure and analyze the more multi-faceted requirements demanded by hedge funds, pension funds and structured products.
The use of derivative analytics to manage the adverse risk of an equity or bond portfolio brought about by adverse market conditions is...
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