Investment manager Frontier Commodities announced its launch today. The firm’s strategy will focus on long/short investments in metals, energy, agricultural, and environmental commodities.
Frontier will take a “quantamental” approach to trading that integrates high-conviction fundamental analysis with systematic and risk management execution. Frontier utilizes a proprietary AI-powered database and algorithms as well as a network of commodities experts to inform its investment decision making process.
The firm, based in Switzerland, is led by Aline Carnizelo, Managing Partner, who has 18 years of experience in cross-assets investments, including derivatives trading, structured products, interest rates modeling, fundamental research, AI / big data analytics, ESG and risk management.
“We firmly believe commodities as an investable asset class are crucial to achieving long-term return targets and dynamic diversification for investors. Companies are changing the way they source materials and produce goods as a result of climate change and geopolitical risks, driving a secular trend that provides opportunities for specialists in the commodities industry. Through Frontier, we are developing a data-driven strategy that is aimed to provide an inherent hedge to the inflationary environment and supply chain disruptions by tapping into the opportunity for commodities this secular trend has created,” said Carnizelo. “Investors should not have to tolerate elevated volatility to participate in commodity price upside. Our team has a multiple-year track record of investing through the peaks and troughs of markets. We are excited to build Frontier and a strategy that navigates the myriad of themes driving the cross-commodity universe, including higher inflation, energy transition, geopolitical risk hedges, commodities volatility and carbon allowance market growth.”
