Why Managed-Futures Funds Are Here to Stay, Says DBi’s Andrew Beer
The year started off with a bang. US President Donald Trump’s threats to take over Greenland and impose related tariffs on European countries rattled markets, sending gold to a record high of almost $5,000 per troy ounce, while the dollar plunged. At the same time, Japanese government bond yields soared as a plan to cut taxes and increase spending […]
Top Traders Unplugged – Episode 387 The Cost-Benefit of Being Trendy ft. Andrew Beer & Tom Wrobel [PODCAST]
Today, we examine a year that looked chaotic but felt familiar to trend followers. Gold surged, equities rotated globally, and non-US markets quietly gained momentum. Yet beneath strong returns lies a deeper debate about model design, short versus long horizon signals, and whether innovation in liquid alternatives serves investors or sales desks. From AI disruption […]
Round Table Discussion: Managed Futures/CTA
Some of the world’s leading CTAs gather in Stockholm to dissect a turbulent year, explore widening strategy dispersion and consider what resilience looks like in an age of political shocks and unstable regimes. Read the full article on HedgeNordic. Read Article
HedgeNordic: The Awkward Problem with Managed Futures ETFs
In both 2024 and 2025 (through July), managed futures ETFs materially outperformed more expensive hedge funds and mutual funds. Cumulatively over the past 19 months, the average ETF has outperformed hedge fund and mutual fund peers by a rather staggering 730 bps and 900 bps, respectively. Through a different lens, 85% of ETFs outperformed in […]
etfexpress: Simplify set to launch index-based DBMF clone
The Simplify DBI CTA MF Index ETF will be a cheaper, index-based clone of the original ETF, with fees of 35 basis points, against the original’s 85 basis points, and will be Swap-based rather than trading futures directly. DBi’s managing member, Andrew Beer, says: “Simplify tells me their vision is to bring the index revolution […]
What They’re Only Now Starting to See ft. Andrew Beer [PODCAST]
In this week’s Systematic Investor episode, Niels and Andrew Beer explore how a broken 60/40 paradigm is forcing wealth managers into a new world of “other” diversifiers. Andrew reflects on the Goldman Sachs report about private wealth flows, the rise of liquid alts and why big houses are suddenly launching trend ETFs. Listen below! What […]
Built to Scale – A Structural Look at DBi’s Approach
Executive Summary The capacity of a strategy is an important question in asset management, often tied to the strategy’s ability to scale without materially impacting returns. Investment strategies, whether in private or public markets, encounter diminishing alpha as assets under management (AUM) grow. However, not all strategies are equally capacity constrained. In this paper, we […]
How to Chaos-Proof Your Portfolio
Nobody knows for sure if the 60/40 portfolio is dead. But any extended period of inflation probably would kill it, as it has in the past. Bonds, which are fixed-dollar obligations, are almost guaranteed losers if they have maturities of any significant length in an inflationary period. Even if they wind up eking out victory […]
SEI Launches Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF
OAKS, Pa., Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — SEI® (NASDAQ: SEIC) today announced the launch of the SEI DBi Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF (NASDAQ:QALT) following the reorganization of the SIMT Liquid Alternative Fund to an ETF. As part of SEI’s growing lineup of ETFs, the SEI DBi Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF will adopt the same strategy as the mutual fund, now delivered […]
SI348: The Quiet Cost of Overfitting ft. Andrew Beer | TCAF 184 [PODCAST]
Andrew Beer returns to confront a moment of reckoning for trend following. As managed futures suffer one of their worst periods in decades, he and Niels explore a deeper question: has the strategy evolved in ways that undermine its edge? Listen below! SI348: The Quiet Cost of Overfitting ft. Andrew Beer
