Altegris CTA Challenge 2013 Participants Head Into Final Stretch

LA JOLLA, Calif., October 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Altegris Clearing Solutions (www.managedfutures.com) is inviting the investment community to follow the final months of the Altegris CTA Challenge 2013, a competition for professional managed futures managers to recognize and showcase top performing managed futures trading programs. Altegris Clearing Solutions, part of the Altegris Group of Companies, is a premier gateway to managed accounts for investors in managed futures.

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The Altegris CTA Challenge will end its inaugural competition at close of business on December 31, 2013. The winner(s), to be announced in early 2014, will be selected based on both quantitative and qualitative scoring. The Challenge evaluates daily total risk adjusted returns and position based analysis for each participating CTA (commodity trading advisor) program, using Altegris' proprietary technologies and analytics. Altegris also utilizes the Investor Analytics company software for measuring the risk of the participating CTA trading programs.

The investment community can follow the Challenge and receive information about the participants, managed futures market commentary and other news related items by signing up at www.ctachallenge.com. The website features the Challenge's top ten ranking programs year-to-date, as well as detailed information on the participants' monthly performance percentages, strategy descriptions and performance statistics.  

"Our challenge is unique in that the Altegris CTA Challenge is based on daily risk-adjusted rates of return, with exciting new products and lesser-known talents going toe-to-toe with strong veterans," said Maxwell Eagye, Director of Altegris Clearing Solutions. "As a result, it has become a heated competition with many shifts in position, and has sparked strong interest among investors, investment professionals, money managers and CTAs. We look forward to holding the Altegris CTA Challenge on an annual basis as part of our commitment to further educate and bring awareness to the investment community about these dynamic managers and their innovative strategies."

CTAs interested in entering the Altegris CTA Challenge 2014 and firms interested in sponsoring next year's Challenge should send an inquiry email to [email protected].  Registration for the 2014 Challenge begins October 2013.

Please contact Dana Taormina at 973-850-7305 or [email protected], or Amy Bennett at 800-828-5225 or mailto: [email protected] for more information.

About Altegris Clearing Solutions
Altegris Clearing solutions, a CFTC-registered introducing broker, commodity trading advisor (CTA), and NFA member, introduces customer accounts to futures commission merchants, recommends a platform of futures trading programs and provides futures consulting services.

About Altegris
Altegris searches the world to find what we believe are the best alternative investments. Our suite of private funds, actively managed mutual funds and futures managed accounts provides an efficient solution for financial professionals and individuals seeking to improve portfolio diversification.

With one of the leading Research and Investment Groups focused solely on alternatives, Altegris follows a disciplined process for identifying, evaluating, selecting and monitoring investment talent across a spectrum of alternative strategies including managed futures, global macro, long/short equity, event-driven and others.

Veteran experts in the art and science of alternatives, Altegris guides investors through the complex and often opaque universe of alternative investing.

Alternatives are in our DNA. Our very name, Altegris, highlights our singular focus on alternatives, the highest standards of integrity, and a process that constantly seeks to minimize investor risk while maximizing potential returns.
The Altegris group of affiliated companies is wholly-owned and controlled by (i) private equity funds managed by Aquiline Capital Partners LLC and its affiliates ("Aquiline"), and by Genstar Capital Management, LLC and its affiliates ("Genstar"), and (ii) certain senior management of Altegris and other affiliates. Established in 2005, Aquiline focuses its investments exclusively in the financial services industry. Established in 1988, Genstar focuses its investment efforts across a variety of industries and sectors, including financial services. The Altegris companies include Altegris Investments, Altegris Advisors, Altegris Funds, and Altegris Clearing Solutions. As of September 30, 2013, Altegris had $2.68 billion in client assets, and provided clearing services to $671 million in institutional client assets.

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Contact: Dana Taormina
Jennifer Connelly Public Relations
(973) 850-7305
[email protected]

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