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Winton has launched two portable-alpha funds combining equity market exposure with its systematic alternative strategies, after the first product in the range grew to more than $400m.
Winton ranks 48th on the March 2026 AFI $10bn+ Power List of the largest hedge fund managers by AuM.
The $17.8bn quantitative investment manager has launched the Winton Macro Enhanced Global Equity and Winton Quant Enhanced US Equity UCITS funds, completing a three-fund portable-alpha range.
Both use capital-efficient instruments including futures and swaps to provide full passive equity exposure alongside one of Winton’s existing alternative investment strategies.
Macro and multi-strategy added
The Macro Enhanced Global Equity fund combines MSCI World exposure with Winton’s Diversified Macro CTA, which incorporates trend-following and systematic macro signals.
The underlying Winton Alma Diversified Macro Fund has returned an annualised 9.7% net over the five years to the end of July, with a -0.21 monthly correlation to the MSCI World Index.
The Quant Enhanced US Equity fund combines S&P 500 exposure with Winton’s Diversified Absolute Return programme, comprising quantitative equity market-neutral and macro strategies.
Its existing UCITS version has generated an 8.3% net annualised return over five years, with a -0.33 monthly correlation to the S&P 500.
First fund passes $400m
The launches follow Winton’s Trend Enhanced Global Equity fund, introduced in March 2025 and now managing more than $400m.
That strategy has returned 41.6% net cumulatively from launch to the end of July, compared with 33.1% for the MSCI World Net Total Return Index.
Both new funds offer daily dealing and charge a 0.85% management fee and an 18% performance fee on returns above their respective equity indices.