Grant Park
Grant Park Funds is a Chicago-based alternative investment management firm specializing in managed futures and global macro strategies, offering individual and institutional investors access to systematic trend-following and quantitative investment strategies through registered fund structures. The firm manages the Grant Park Futures Fund, a publicly registered commodity pool fund that provides investors with exposure to diversified managed futures strategies across global equity, fixed income, currency, and commodity markets. Grant Park has a long history as one of the established names in the managed futures space, providing liquid, transparent access to alternative return streams that historically have low correlation with traditional equity and bond markets.
Grant Park's investment strategy employs systematic, trend-following models that seek to identify and capture persistent price trends across a diversified set of global futures markets. The strategy's core thesis is that markets exhibit sustained price trends driven by macroeconomic, policy, and behavioral factors, and that disciplined, systematic participation in these trends can generate attractive risk-adjusted returns over time, particularly during periods of market stress when diversification benefits are most valuable. Grant Park's approach emphasizes portfolio diversification across markets, asset classes, and trading timeframes to build a robust and resilient strategy across varying environments.
Grant Park has built a dedicated following among individual and institutional investors seeking managed futures exposure as a portfolio diversifier and crisis-period hedge. The firm's registered fund structure makes it accessible to a broader range of investors than typical commodity trading adviser vehicles, providing liquidity and regulatory oversight typically associated with mutual funds. Grant Park's long history in the managed futures space, combined with its transparent systematic investment process and diversified approach to trend-following, make it a recognized and trusted name among investors seeking non-correlated alternative return streams within their investment portfolios.