{
  "id": 4821463,
  "title": "Capula launches systematic commodities strategy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/capula-launches-systematic-commodities-strategy",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-01T08:10:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hedgeweek",
    "slug": "hedgeweek",
    "url": "https://www.hedgeweek.com/capula-launches-systematic-commodities-strategy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Capula Investment Management has introduced a new systematic commodities strategy, the Capula Alternative Markets Alpha Fund, a quantitative Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) approach, as per a Bloomberg report. The fund is overseen by Yao Hua Ooi, a former AQR Capital Management trader instrumental in shaping the firm's $6.3bn Helix systematic strategy. According to unnamed sources, Capula, based in London, is in discussions with potential investors and aims to raise between $2bn and $3bn in capacity. The company, currently managing assets of approximately $35bn, declined to comment, as did AQR, which also did not respond to inquiries. Ooi spent about two decades at AQR, serving as a principal before departing last year to join Capula. He played a key role in developing Helix, a systematic strategy that traded across various markets. Capula has been expanding its investment horizons, recently hiring two energy traders and allocating capital to external managers like the $450m investment in Cinctive Capital Management.",
  "summary": "Capula Investment Management is expanding further into systematic trading with the launch of a new commodities strategy, the Capula Alternative Markets Alpha Fund, a quantitative Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) strategy, according to a report by Bloomberg.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}