Hedge Fund Strategies
Too many risk models work well for long-only strategies, but fail when faced with real world hedge fund strategies. Northstar’s platform was built from the ground up with hedge funds in mind. All of our models are extensively tested in long-only, long/short and multi-asset class portfolios. After being deployed, models are continually tested against actual performance (read more).
We currently offer support for the following hedge fund strategies
Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA)
Convertible Arbitrage (Convert Arb)
Equity Long/Short
Fixed Income Arbitrage
Global Macro and Multi-Strategy (Multi-Strat)
Security Coverage
Northstar currently provides support for the following security types:
Commodity
Commodity Futures
Commodity Future Options
Commodity Spot
Freight Futures
Spreads
Spread Options
Equity
Barrier Options
CFD
Digital Options
Equities
Equity Forwards
Equity Futures
Equity Indexes
Equity Options
ETFs
Index Futures
Index Future Options
Index Options
Preferred
Fixed Income
ASCOTs
Bank Loans
Bond Futures
Bond Future Options
Bond Option
Cash
Convertible Bonds
Corporate Bonds
Credit Default Swaps
Credit Default Swap Indexes
Government Bills
Fixed Income (cont’d)
Government Bonds
Index Linked Bonds (including TIPS)
Interest Rate Futures
Interest Rate Future Options
Interest Rate Options (Caps/Floors)
Interest Rate Spread Options
Money Market
Municipal Bonds
Repos and Reverse Repos
Security Borrow/Loan
Swaps
Swaptions
Fx
Barrier Options
Currency Futures
Currency Future Options
Dual Currency Options
Dual Digital Options
Fx
Fx Forwards
Fx Futures
Fx Future Options
Fx Options
Quant
Correlation Swaps
Corridor Variance Swaps
Dividend Swaps
Forward Volatility Agreements
Inflation Swaps
Variance Swaps
VIX Futures
Volatility Swaps
For more information, or to schedule a demo, fill out our online form or e-mail us at info@northstarrisk.com.