Because we like March Madness… And because we like managed futures… And because the business of raising money from investors sure feels like a tournament at times, with the bulk of CTAs no doubt feeling like Long Island U going up against perennial powerhouse Michigan State – it was only natural for us to create our own little CTA tournament for some fun.

We created our bracket by taking the 32 largest CTAs by AUM according to the BarclayHedge database (the majors), and then adding the 32 largest CTAs we track in house that weren’t in the previous list (the mid-majors and small conference teams), then seeding the programs 1 through 64, with the first four getting 1 seeds, next four 2 seeds, and so on…

As is usual in the sport of picking brackets, there are some illogical, “home team” picks (we’re apparently big P/E fans here). Without further ado, some of our in-house CTA tournament picks:

Let us know who you see winning the tournament (either this one or the real one…)

Jeff Malec, CEO

John Cummings, Research Manager

Jeff Eizenberg, VP Client Portfolios