Weekly UCITS News (Friday)

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UCITS hedge fund assets under management increased in Q1 from EUR113 billion to EUR120 biillion (+6.2%), according to Alix Capital’s latest quarterly research on the industry. »

Global asset managers looking to distribute UCITS funds in Asia should focus their attentions on Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. »

Axiom Fund has waived its management fees for the Axiom UCITS Alternative Investable Index Fund (the Axiom Fund) becoming the first fund of funds in the alternative UCITS space to charge performance fees only. »

JP Morgan Asset Management has moved swiftly with an announcement this week that it has gone live with Key Investor Information Documents (KIID) for its Lux-domiciled suite of UCITS funds. »

San Francisco-based Matthews International Capital Management LLC, America’s largest dedicated Asia investment specialist, has started to offer a number of its Lux-domiciled UCITS on < »

London-based Kestrel Investment Partners announced this week the launch of a new global multi-asset UCITS IV fund; the Kestrel Global »

Lugano-based SwissWealth Management has launched its first alternative UCITS fund of funds which aims to avoid hedge fund replica strategies reported Citywire Global this week. »

Investment management company Kestrel Investment Partners (Kestrel) has launched a new global multi-asset fund, the Kestrel Global Portfolio. The fund launches with GBP25 million assets under management and a Silver grading from S&P. »

Lyxor Asset Management this week announced the launch of its third alternative single manager on its Lyxor Dimension UCITS platform. »