Geneva-based Alix Capital, provider of the UCITS Alternatives Index, this week published its latest UCITS Alternative Index Trends survey. The survey found that 38 per cent of respondent believe that investment consultants are “behind the curve” when it comes to advising their clients on UCITS-compliant hedge funds. »

Thirty eight per cent of respondents believe investment consultants are behind the curve when it comes to advising their clients on the Ucits hedge fund sector, according to a survey by Alix Capital, the Geneva-based provider of the Ucits Alternatives Index (UAI) family of indices. »

The first London-listed actively-managed exchange-traded fund of funds, the db x-trackers SCM Multi Asset Ucits ETF, has reached its one-year anniversary since listing, registering risk-adjusted outperformance versus standard benchmark UK equities and UK Gilts indices. »

Investment fund assets in Europe in 2012 increased by 12.4 per cent to EUR8,944bn with net assets of Ucits increasing  by 11.7 per cent to EUR6,295bn, according to figures released by the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA). »