Key Takeaways
- • AQR appointed John Huss, macro team co-head and long-time partner, as a named portfolio manager on its €714 million AQR Managed Futures strategy, effective August 1, 2025.
- • The Managed Futures strategy invests long and short across global equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities using systematic trend-following approaches in highly liquid futures markets.
- • This appointment reflects AQR's confidence in Huss's leadership and reinforces the firm's commitment to its alternative systematic strategies amid competitive pressures in the managed futures space.
Summary
AQR Capital Management has elevated John Huss to the position of named portfolio manager on its €714 million Managed Futures strategy, effective August 1, 2025, according to Citywire. Huss, who has served as co-head of AQR's macro team and as a long-standing partner at the firm, brings substantial institutional experience to the formal portfolio management role.
The AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund employs a systematic, trend-following investment methodology across multiple asset classes. The fund takes long and short positions in highly liquid futures and related instruments spanning global equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities markets. This approach positions the strategy to capture directional moves across diversified markets while maintaining flexibility to exploit both bullish and bearish opportunities. The strategy seeks positive absolute returns regardless of broader market direction, making it a complementary tool for institutional portfolios seeking non-correlated performance sources.
Huss's appointment to a named portfolio manager role underscores AQR's strategic emphasis on its alternative systematic strategies and signals organizational stability within the macro and managed futures divisions. The firm operates multiple share classes of the Managed Futures Strategy Fund (including Class I, Class N, and the High Volatility variant) to serve diverse investor bases, from retail mutual fund investors to institutional allocators. The promotion represents AQR's confidence in Huss's macro expertise and asset allocation acumen as the firm continues to manage capital across systematic strategies designed to provide diversified return streams.
The AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund employs a systematic, trend-following investment methodology across multiple asset classes. The fund takes long and short positions in highly liquid futures and related instruments spanning global equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities markets. This approach positions the strategy to capture directional moves across diversified markets while maintaining flexibility to exploit both bullish and bearish opportunities. The strategy seeks positive absolute returns regardless of broader market direction, making it a complementary tool for institutional portfolios seeking non-correlated performance sources.
Huss's appointment to a named portfolio manager role underscores AQR's strategic emphasis on its alternative systematic strategies and signals organizational stability within the macro and managed futures divisions. The firm operates multiple share classes of the Managed Futures Strategy Fund (including Class I, Class N, and the High Volatility variant) to serve diverse investor bases, from retail mutual fund investors to institutional allocators. The promotion represents AQR's confidence in Huss's macro expertise and asset allocation acumen as the firm continues to manage capital across systematic strategies designed to provide diversified return streams.
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