Weekly UCITS News (Friday)

BNY Mellon has launched the BNY Mellon Emerging Markets Corporate Debt fund, a Dublin-domiciled UCITS, and is to be managed by Insight Investment. »

A move away from nuclear energy in light of last year’s tragic accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station in Japan is creating opportunities for transmission and e »

Merchant Capital, the independent corporate finance and investment management firm, has migrated its UCITS umbrella to Point Nine’s Circle.2 platform of live middle and back office services. »

Lyxor Asset Management has partnered with IKOS to launch the second alternative manager on its Lyxor Dimension UCITS platform reported Hedgeweek this week. »

EFAMA has warned that the UCITS brand would lose its competitive edge under the proposed financial transaction tax (also referred to as the Tobin tax) and cause investors to seek alternative invest »

GAM is to acquire Arkos Capital SA, a Lugano-based investment manager with assets under management of CHF664million as at 31 December 2011 reported Reuters this week. »

Schroders is preparing to launch a European equities total return fund to meet growing investor demand for low-volatility vehicles focused on European equity markets »

Paladyne Systems has announced a major new release of Paladyne Portfolio Master, its combined order management and portfolio management solution. »

Lyxor Asset Management announces its partnership with IKOS to launch the second alternative manager on its Lyxor Dimension UCITS Platform. With this launch, Lyxor further expands its offer of alternative UCITS funds. »

Following the announcement last week that Pictet Asset Management had launched a short-term high yield bond UCITS fund, the Swiss asset ma »