Currency for return

Currency for return

Mesirow Currency has delivered innovative, customized currency solutions to institutional clients globally since 19901 and is fully aligned with client interests. As a private, employee‑owned firm, we avoid many conflicts commonly associated with bank‑affiliated or publicly traded firms.

Extended Markets Currency Alpha Strategy

  • Strategy commenced trading April 2004
  • Low or negative correlation to equities, bonds, and other alternative investments
  • Systematic (Technical, Fundamental) and Discretionary (Market Information) investment style
  • Region: Global Markets (Developed and Developing Markets)
Performance Data | FEBRUARY 2026 (%)
MTD
YTD
3-Year
5-Year
Since inception
Gross of fees
0.89
7.55
5.01
2.44
5.36
Net of fees
0.75
6.74
4.01
1.55
4.10
Source: Mesirow. | Please see PDF below for more performance statistics.
Net monthly and cumulative performance
Line and bar chart showing monthly returns and cumulative net growth of a $1 million investment. The blue bars represent monthly returns, which fluctuate between roughly –15% and +10% over the period. The turquoise line shows cumulative growth, rising steadily over time with some periods of plateau and volatility, ultimately reaching a value slightly above 2,300, indicating significant long‑term growth despite short‑term monthly variability.
Source: Mesirow.
Performance of the Extended Markets Currency Alpha Strategy prior to October 1, 2018 was attained at The Cambridge Strategy, an unaffiliated investment manager. On October 1, 2018, a MFIM affiliate completed the purchase of a significant portion of TCS’ assets, including TCS’ intellectual property and hired a majority of TCS employees. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Actual results may be materially different from the results achieved historically. Please refer to the disclaimer at the end of these materials for important additional information. | 2. Performance of the Extended Markets Currency Alpha Strategy prior to October 1, 2018, was attained at The Cambridge Strategy (TCS), an unaffiliated investment manager. On October 1, 2018, a MFIM affiliate completed the purchase of a significant portion of TCS’ assets, including TCS’ intellectual property and hired a majority of TCS employees. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Actual results may be materially different from the results achieved historically. | Notes on performance: The Extended Markets Currency Alpha Strategy commenced trading in April 2004 as a carve-out from an institutional account. From April 2004 through December 2010 performance is based on an equal-weighted composite of all accounts invested in the Extended Markets Currency Alpha Strategy; from January 2011 performance is based on the asset weighted performance of all accounts invested in that strategy. Fees are based on a client’s volatility level, which can be customized to their preference. Net returns are calculated using implied management fees of 0.75% per annum and performance fees of 10% per annum, which are the highest fee level based on the highest volatility level. Performance fees are accrued daily, paid quarterly and a high water mark is employed. Performance is in USD and all returns and statistics are based on monthly returns. The composite includes all fee paying accounts, including both commingled and managed accounts. Currency trading may involve instruments that have volatile prices, are illiquid or create economic leverage. Emerging markets securities involve risks such as currency fluctuation and political and economic instability that could result in additional volatility. Unhedged short sales expose the strategy to additional liability.

Asian Markets Currency Alpha Strategy

  • Strategy commenced trading February 2006
  • Low or negative correlation to equities, bonds, and other alternative investments
  • Systematic (Technical, Fundamental) and Discretionary (Market Information) investment style
  • Region: Asian Markets
Performance data | FEBRUARY 2026 (%)
MTD
YTD
3-Year
5-Year
Since inception
Gross of fees
2.42
1.87
0.65
5.48
5.84
Net of fees
2.36
1.75
-0.10
4.37
4.51
Source: Mesirow. | Please see PDF below for more performance statistics.
Net monthly and cumulative performance
A chart showing monthly returns as blue bars and cumulative net growth as a turquoise line. Monthly returns fluctuate between about –15% and +15%, while the cumulative line trends steadily upward, ending above 2000 on the growth scale.
Source: Mesirow.
Performance of the Asian Markets Currency Alpha Strategy prior to October 1, 2018 was attained at The Cambridge Strategy, an unaffiliated investment manager. On October 1, 2018, a MFIM affiliate completed the purchase of a significant portion of TCS’ assets, including TCS’ intellectual property and hired a majority of TCS employees. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Actual results may be materially different from the results achieved historically. Please refer to the disclaimer at the end of these materials for important additional information. | 3. Performance of the Asian Markets Currency Alpha Strategy prior to October 1, 2018, was attained at The Cambridge Strategy (TCS), an unaffiliated investment manager. On October 1, 2018, a MFIM affiliate completed the purchase of a significant portion of TCS’ assets, including TCS’ intellectual property and hired a majority of TCS employees. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Actual results may be materially different from the results achieved historically. | Notes on performance: The Asian Markets Currency Alpha Strategy commenced trading in February 2006 as a carve-out from an institutional account. From February 2006 through December 2010 performance is based on an equal-weighted composite of all accounts invested in the Asian Markets Currency Alpha Strategy; from January 2011 performance is based on the asset weighted performance of all accounts invested in that strategy. Fees are based on a client’s volatility level, which can be customized to their preference. Net returns are calculated using implied management fees of 0.75% per annum and performance fees of 10% per annum, which are the highest fee level based on the highest volatility level. Performance fees are accrued daily, paid quarterly and a high water mark is employed. Performance is in USD and all returns and statistics are based on monthly returns. The composite includes all fee paying accounts, including both commingled and managed accounts. Currency trading may involve instruments that have volatile prices, are illiquid or create economic leverage. Emerging markets securities involve risks such as currency fluctuation and political and economic instability that could result in additional volatility. Unhedged short sales expose the strategy to additional liability.

Emerging Markets Currency Alpha Strategy

  • Strategy commenced trading February 2008
  • Low or negative correlation to equities, bonds, and other alternative investments
  • Systematic (Technical, Fundamental) and Discretionary (Market Information) investment style
  • Region: Emerging Markets
Performance data | FEBRUARY 2026 (%)
MTD
YTD
3-Year
5-Year
Since inception
Gross of fees
-2.91
2.65
5.75
-0.02
5.71
Net of fees
-2.97
2.53
4.97
-0.76
4.33
Source: Mesirow. | Please see PDF below for more performance statistics.
Net monthly and cumulative performance
A chart showing monthly returns as blue bars and cumulative net growth as a turquoise line. Monthly returns vary between roughly –10% and +10%, while the cumulative line rises early, peaks above 2500, dips, and ends near 2000.
Source: Mesirow.
Performance of the Extended Markets Currency Alpha Strategy prior to October 1, 2018 was attained at The Cambridge Strategy, an unaffiliated investment manager. On October 1, 2018, a MFIM affiliate completed the purchase of a significant portion of TCS’ assets, including TCS’ intellectual property and hired a majority of TCS employees. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Actual results may be materially different from the results achieved historically. Please refer to the disclaimer at the end of these materials for important additional information. | 4. Performance of the Emerging Markets Currency Alpha Strategy prior to October 1, 2018, was attained at The Cambridge Strategy (TCS), an unaffiliated investment manager. On October 1, 2018, a MFIM affiliate completed the purchase of a significant portion of TCS’ assets, including TCS’ intellectual property and hired a majority of TCS employees. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Actual results may be materially different from the results achieved historically. | Notes on performance: The Emerging Markets Currency Alpha Strategy commenced trading in February 2008 as a carve-out from an institutional account. From February 2008 through December 2010 performance is based on an equal-weighted composite of all accounts invested in the Emerging Markets Currency Alpha Strategy; from January 2011 performance is based on the asset weighted performance of all accounts invested in that strategy. Fees are based on a client’s volatility level, which can be customized to their preference. Net returns are calculated using implied management fees of 0.75% per annum and performance fees of 10% per annum, which are the highest fee level based on the highest volatility level. Performance fees are accrued daily, paid quarterly and a high water mark is employed. Performance is in USD and all returns and statistics are based on monthly returns. The composite includes all fee paying accounts, including both commingled and managed accounts. Currency trading may involve instruments that have volatile prices, are illiquid or create economic leverage. Emerging markets securities involve risks such as currency fluctuation and political and economic instability that could result in additional volatility. Unhedged short sales expose the strategy to additional liability.

Systematic Macro Strategy

  • Strategy commenced trading February 2018
  • Invests in the systematic components of MCM’s three alpha programmes: Asia, Emerging and Extended
  • Portfolios constructed by allocating capital to the systematic components of our three alpha programmes
  • Equal risk contribution approach
Performance Data | FEBRUARY 2026 (%)
MTD
YTD
1-Year
3-Year
5-Year
Since inception
Gross of fees
0.33
5.04
18.55
5.30
5.64
2.05
Net of fees
0.24
4.42
17.09
4.28
4.71
1.00
Source: Mesirow. | Please see PDF below for more performance statistics.
Net monthly and cumulative performance
A chart showing monthly returns as light and dark blue bars and cumulative growth as a yellow line. Monthly returns fluctuate between about –18% and +12%, while the cumulative line trends upward overall, ending near its highest level.
Source: Mesirow.
Performance of the Sysetmatic Macro Strategy prior to October 1, 2018 was attained at The Cambridge Strategy, an unaffiliated investment manager. On October 1, 2018, a MFIM affiliate completed the purchase of a significant portion of TCS’ assets, including TCS’ intellectual property and hired a majority of TCS employees. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Actual results may be materially different from the results achieved historically. Please refer to the disclaimer at the end of these materials for important additional information. | 5. Performance prior to February 2018 represents simulated trading with backfilled data and does not represent trading on behalf of an actual client account. The returns for February 2018 are unadjusted returns for a partial month. Performance of the Systematic Macro Strategy prior to October 1, 2018, was attained at The Cambridge Strategy (TCS), an unaffiliated investment manager. On October 1, 2018, a MFIM affiliate completed the purchase of a significant portion of TCS’ assets, including TCS’ intellectual property and hired a majority of TCS employees. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Actual results may be materially different from the results achieved historically. | Notes on performance: The Systematic Macro Multi-Strategy commenced trading in February 2018 and combines the systematic carve-outs from the Emerging, Asian and Extended Market Macro Strategies. These three carve-out components are combined into a single set of portfolio returns using an equal-risk allocation procedure based on a proprietary method of measuring each component’s portfolio risk contribution. Leverage is then used to target an overall portfolio volatility of 12% per annum. The allocation weights are simulated from January 2012 to January 2018. Fees are based on a client’s volatility level, which can be customized to their preference. Net returns are calculated using implied management fees of 0.75% per annum and performance fees of 10% per annum, which are the highest fee level based on the highest volatility level. Performance fees are accrued daily, paid quarterly and a high water mark is employed. Performance is in USD and all returns and statistics are based on monthly returns. The composite includes all fee paying accounts, including both commingled and managed accounts. Currency trading may involve instruments that have volatile prices, are illiquid or create economic leverage. Emerging markets securities involve risks such as currency fluctuation and political and economic instability that could result in additional volatility. Unhedged short sales expose the strategy to additional liability.

Intelligent Multi-Strategy Currency Factor

  • Strategy commenced trading January 2000
  • Based on well established economic theories for trading currencies
  • Investment style: Multi-strategy, Systematic, Monthly Trading
  • Region: G10
MOnthly performance data (%)

(Hypothetical Returns, January 2000 – November 2020 | Live Returns, December 2020 – February 2026)

MTD
YTD
5-Year (pa)*
Since January 2000 (pa)*
Gross of fees
0.00
-0.41
-0.20
3.10
Net of fees
-0.02
-0.44
-0.40
2.90
Source: Mesirow. | *Annualized numbers | Please see PDF below for more performance statistics.
Net asset value: Gross performance of Multi-Strategy CurreNcy Factor and sub-components

(Hypothetical Returns, January 2000 – November 2020 | Live Returns, December 2020 – February 2026)

A line chart comparing four investment strategies. All lines show steady long‑term growth from about 100 to between roughly 180 and 260, with the “Intelligent Momentum” line ending highest and the others tracking slightly below.
Source: Mesirow.
Source: MCM and Bloomberg. Mesirow Intelligent Currency Factors returns are generated with the benefit of hindsight. Performance prior to December 2020 for the Mesirow Intelligent Currency Factors represents simulated trading using backfilled data and does not represent trading of an actual client account. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Actual results may materially differ from those shown throughout this presentation. Please refer to the disclaimer page at the end of this paper for important additional information. Net returns are calculated using an implied fee of 0.5% pa. | Nothing contained herein constitutes an offer to sell an interest in any Mesirow investment vehicle. It should not be assumed that any trading strategy incorporated herein will be profitable or will equal past performance.

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For institutional investors. | The information contained herein is for professional investors, institutional clients, Eligible Contract Participants and Qualified Eligible Persons, or the equivalent classification in the recipient’s jurisdiction, only and is for informational purposes only. | 1. Track record for Currency Risk Management Overlay strategies prior to May 2004, the date that the Currency Risk Management team joined Mesirow, occurred at prior firms. Track record for Currency Alpha and Macro strategies prior to October 1, 2018, the date that the Currency Alpha and Macro Strategies team joined Mesirow, occurred at prior firms. | Past performance is not an indication of future results. Actual results may be materially different from the results achieved historically. | Nothing herein is meant to be taken as a recommendation to buy or sell a particular asset or invest in a particular strategy.