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Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: This is our regular report on hedge funds and alternative asset managers who are successfully protecting assets and outperforming the markets during the first months of 2020.
An options strategy pays off
In 2019, Quadratic Capital Management launched a first of its kind fixed-income ETF that uses OTC fixed income options. Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF (NYSE Arca: IVOL), is designed to profit from an increase in fixed income volatility and profit from a steepening of the yield curve, whether that occurs via rising long-term interest rates or falling short term interest rates.
The fund has been able to take advantage of the volatility that defined the market over the first half of this year. The strategy was up +6.1% in the second quarter and is up +9.2% year to date. IVOL has also distributed a minimum of 30bps per month since it started paying distributions on July 31, 2019.
IVOL is long interest rate volatility via its access to the OTC fixed income options market. IVOL uses a combination of Treasury InflationProtected Securities (TIPS) and managed OTC options in an active ETF structure. The fund provides exposure to the rates market while working as an uncorrelated hedge/diversifier within a portfolio.
IVOL is managed by Nancy Davis, founder and managing partner of Quadratic Capital Management. Davis founded Quadratic Capital in 2013 as an impact investment firm. The fund fulfills its impact investment goals by providing widespread access to the OTC market and by excluding issuers involved in certain practices, industries, or product lines that fall outside of acceptable sustainability/ESG standards according to the ESG framework published by the SASB Alliance.
Davis will be a presenter during Corona Fighters Episode 4.
View prior reports: Report 53
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