Transtrend is a Dutch investment manager specializing in the design and implementation of systematic trading strategies.
With USD $AuM billion in assets under management and a proven track record dating back to the early 1990s, Transtrend is one of the world’s most experienced firms in managed futures, also known as CTAs. Leading institutional investors around the world — ranging from pension funds to family offices — as well as high-net-worth private investors rely on our expertise.
At the heart of Transtrend is a proprietary trend following investment strategy, developed entirely in-house and refined over decades of live trading. One that is grounded in the analysis of price movements, the recognition of changing market structures, and the ability to translate these insights into robust quantitative trading systems. We invest actively and responsibly, aware of our role in the market and of the fundamental function markets fulfill in society.
Based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Market research since 1987, live trading since 1991
Team of 80+ with focus on R&D and an average tenure of 22 years among key decision-makers
Registered as an AIFM in the Netherlands and as a CTA in the U.S.
Assets under management: USD $AuM billion
Transtrend has the following licenses and registrations:
Transtrend is licensed in The Netherlands by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) to act as an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM). Pursuant to this license Transtrend is also authorized to provide individual portfolio management services. Transtrend is subject to supervision with respect to market conduct by the AFM and to prudential supervision by the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) in The Netherlands.
Transtrend has been registered in the United States as a Commodity Trading Advisor under the Commodity Exchange Act and is a member of the National Futures Association (NFA) in this capacity. Transtrend is approved as a swap firm by the NFA. Transtrend is subject to supervision by the NFA and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Transtrend acts as the AIFM of Luxembourg domiciled alternative investment fund Transtrend Fund Alliance (TFA). TFA and each of its sub-funds are registered with the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) under part II of Luxembourg Law of 2010 relating to Undertakings for Collective Investments. TFA is under the permanent supervision of the CSSF.