The Jefferies Managed Futures Fund, one of the funds managed by the Strategic Investments Division of Jefferies Investment Advisers and a member of the Leucadia Asset Management family of funds, has beed added to the SG Short Term Traders Index (formerly Newedge Short Term Traders Index).
The index, which is comprised of the largest 10 managers by AUM that meet specified criteria, is designed to track the performance of short-term, diversified Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA) and Global Macro managers.
Jefferies Managed Futures Fund’s investment program employs a diverse set of systematic, short to medium term trading strategies applied to global futures instruments across all sectors including Fixed Income, Equity Indices, Foreign Exchange and Commodities.
“We are very pleased that the Jefferies Managed Futures Fund has been recognised by and included in this prestigious industry standard index for short-term traders,” says Simon Langdon, Managing Director and Head of Business Development for Leucadia Asset Management which acts as distribution agent for the Fund.
Leucadia Asset Management is a diversified alternative asset management platform – supporting and developing focused funds managed by distinct management teams and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: LUK), a diversified holding company.
