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United Kingdom funds UCITS Skandia Investment Group is offering UK retail investors the ability to complement their investments in bonds and equities - by launching the Skandia Global Futures Fund.
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November 2, 2011 3:10 AM
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This week, the veteran investor applies 'neuroeconomics' to his investment process as he re-thinks the concept of absolute return.
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October 31, 2011 1:56 AM
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In its latest quarterly UCITS survey, ML Capital reported that investors very much favour CTAs and Global Macro strategies. Figures reveal that demand for these strategies almost doubled last quarter from 30 per cent to just under 60 per cent and allocations are expected to continue to increase going forward.
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converting its UK Pilgrim hedge fund into a UCITS structure in order to compete with the likes of BlackRock’s UK Absolute Alpha fund in the retail space reported Investment Week. On 28 October, the Cayman vehicle will redomicile to Luxembourg and sit underneath the firm’s SICAV umbrella. It will be renamed the RWC UK Pilgrim fund. Dan Mannix (pictured), head of business development at RWC, commented that the UCITS-III structure was “more efficient for us” due to the fund’s liquidity, the greater clarit
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October 28, 2011 3:34 PM
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Cinquième mois consécutif de pertes pour les hedge funds :Boursorama(NEWSManagers.com) - En septembre, l'indice Hennessee des hedge funds, qui couvre de manière équipondérée un univers de plus de 3.500 hedge funds, a affiché une perte de 3,78 %,...
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October 28, 2011 2:18 AM
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PaperjamLe développement des hedge funds UcitsPaperjamSi a priori, la gestion des hedge funds est incompatible avec les principes de diversification et les restrictions d'investissement que l'on retrouve dans les fonds Ucits, les avantages bien...
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October 26, 2011 4:10 PM
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Boutique asset manager Nettle Capital Management will launch one of the first UCITS IV vehicles—the TB Nettle European Micro Cap fund.
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October 24, 2011 3:07 PM
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The market for CTA strategies within the UCITS wrapper is growing, according to a recent survey from ML Capital. The firm polled 51 investors who together manage €80 billion and invest upwards of €30 billion into Alternative UCITS strategies. ML Capital says it observed a “dramatic increase in demand for CTAs” with 57% of respondents committed to the sector.
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October 24, 2011 2:45 PM
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Henderson Global Investor... UCITS Henderson Global Investors is to soft close two of its Ucits effective from 30 November 2011 having almost reached capacity.
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October 24, 2011 12:26 AM
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October 21, 2011 2:45 PM
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L’Europe contraint les hedge funds à la réforme. Au risque de la méforme > Format e-journal Les fonds alternatifs, ou hedge funds, sont mis en cause (Une régulation plus contraignante en perspective pour les hedge funds ?
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October 21, 2011 2:44 PM
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Henderson Global Investors has announced that it is closing two of its retail-oriented absolute return funds to new investment—for now—because they are close to reaching their $2 billion capacity.
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October 21, 2011 2:30 AM
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CPI – Barclay Hedge Fund Index fell 3.92 per cent in September. “For the second straight month we’re seeing the largest hedge fund losses since the 2008 meltdown,” says Sol Waksman, the founder and President of BarclayHedge.
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November 4, 2011 1:55 PM
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Quand l'alternatif prend des airs de conventionnelMorningstar.frPointés du doigt, même si ce n'était pas toujours justifié, les hedge funds, y compris les fonds français de type ARIA, avaient besoin d'un changement pour que les investisseurs...
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October 31, 2011 4:23 PM
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BBC – Hedge funds plan to make big profits from the eurozone crisis, with the bill being footed by taxpayers. The BBC’s Michael Robinson reports from Athens.
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October 31, 2011 1:56 AM
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A new addition to HSBC Global Asset Management’s Lux-based Global Investment Funds SICAV was announced this week. Named the HSBC GIF RMB Fixed Income fund, it will give UK and European investors access to China’s currency. The fund is to be managed by HSBC GAM’s Hong Kong-based Asian fixed income team, headed up by Cecilia Chan. As at end-June 2011 the team was managing USD24billion in Asian fixed income.
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October 31, 2011 1:54 AM
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In spite of having registered significant investor appetite in recent years, empirical research on Alternative UCITS is a rare commodity. The major contribution of a new Lyxor research report is therefore to give investors a precise measure of the main characteristics of publicly regulated Alternative UCITS vehicles in comparison to traditional hedge funds, says Stefan Keller of Lyxor Asset Management…
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October 28, 2011 1:13 PM
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UCITS ML Capital Asset Management, the investment manager and promoter of the MontLake UCITS platform, has published the 4th edition of the quarterly ML Alternative UCITS Barometer (ML Barometer).
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October 27, 2011 2:34 AM
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Les hedge funds ont perdu près de 4 % en septembre :Boursorama(NEWSManagers.com) - Les 2.255 hedge funds qui avaient publié leurs résultats de septembre au 20 octobre ont enregistré selon BarclayHedge une baisse moyenne de 3,96 %.
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October 26, 2011 2:05 AM
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United Kingdom funds UCITS In its latest survey on the growing market for Alternative UCITS, ML Capital observed a dramatic increase in demand for CTAs, which is at an all-time high, with 57% of respondents committed to the sector.
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October 24, 2011 2:45 PM
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Neptune Investment Manage...Long/Short Equity UCITS Neptune Investment Management is to launch the Neptune Global Long/Short Sector Fund on 1 November 2011 reported Hedgeweek, as the firm looks to leverage its sector research to full p...
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Threadneedle Asset Manage...UCITS Threadneedle this week announced the launch of a US equity Ucits which aims to profit from prevailing market pessimism by targeting the country’s most attracti...
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Hedge Hedge funds posted the fourth worst quarterly performance in industry history in Q3 2011, as a combination of uncertainty regarding the European sovereign debt crisis and weakening economic data contributed to volatility across equity,...
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October 21, 2011 2:45 PM
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Les fonds Ucits ont enregistré des rachats importants en août :BoursoramaAu mois d'août, les fonds Ucits ont enregistré une décollecte nette de 20 milliards d'euros, après 14 milliards de retraits en juillet, selon les dernières statistiques communiquées...
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October 21, 2011 2:31 AM
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Hedge The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index fell for a second straight month, finishing down 3.20% in September versus a monthly loss of 9.88% for the Dow Jones Global Index.
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