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Some investment advisors and reference services include managed futures as a type of hedge fund and report its performance along with other hedge fund strategies. There are, however, important differences between a managed futures fund or program and a traditional hedge fund. First, managed futures are generally proprietary and offered as an optional service by broker-dealer firms; whereas hedge funds are independently operated by a professional money manager.
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Gary Gorton and K. Geert Rouwenhurst. “Facts and Fantasies about Commodity Futures.” Financial Analysts Journal, 62, no. 2 (2006): 47–68.
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Credit Suisse Tremont Managed Futures Index, Credit Suisse Group, www.hedgeindex.com .
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Fevurly, K.R. (2013). Managed Futures. In: The Handbook of Professionally Managed Assets. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6020-2_10
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