Jan
22
This Hedge Fund Turned 0% Yields Into Double Digit Returns
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Amulet Capital made double-digit returns trading JGB futures
- Japan bond market remains distorted despite volatility return
A small Japanese hedge fund has managed to clamber its way to double-digit annual returns despite focusing solely on the country’s zero-yielding government bond market.
Amulet Capital Management Co. enjoyed an average annual return of 22 percent over the past three years, according to chief executive officer Toshiharu Matsuda, a former derivatives trader with Nomura Holdings Inc. The fund employs a trend-following JGB futures trading strategy and has found itself on the right side of market reaction to policy changes from the Bank of Japan…
