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Schroders adds second fund to GAIA Ucits platform

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Schroders has launched a second fund on its Global Alternative Investor Access platform, a regulated platform for Ucits funds designed to give investors easier access to hedge funds. 

The new fund, Schroder GAIA Sloane Robinson Emerging Markets, will launch on 30 June 2010 and will be managed by Sloane Robinson, a long/short equity manager with expertise in emerging markets.

Founded in 1993 by Hugh Sloane and George Robinson, Sloane Robinson is a London-based private asset manager managing around USD8.2bn in international equity markets outside of North America.

The new Schroder GAIA fund will be managed by its emerging markets team, headed by Richard Chenevix-Trench, Sloane Robinson’s chief investment officer and manager of the firm’s existing emerging markets and Asian portfolios. 

Sloane Robinson’s flagship emerging markets fund has a 14 year track record and has delivered annualised returns of 25 per cent since launch in 1996.

Schroder GAIA Egerton European Equity, managed by Egerton Capital, was the first fund launched on the GAIA platform in November 2009.

Gavin Ralston, global head of product at Schroders, says: “We are extremely pleased to be joining forces with Sloane Robinson, a highly regarded manager in emerging markets, to offer investors access to their absolute return approach to investing in the emerging market growth story. The Schroder GAIA platform has attracted considerable interest from clients since launching, and this new Fund will be an important addition to the range.”

Chenevix-Trench adds: “It is great news to have been selected by Schroders and NFC to join the Schroder GAIA platform for our capabilities in investing in emerging markets. These platforms are increasingly popular amongst investors looking to combine the return profile of hedge fund strategies with the liquidity, transparency and regulatory stability of Ucits.”
 

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