ML Capital Asset Management, the investment manager and promoter of the MontLake UCITS Platform, has published the 10th edition of the quarterly ML Capital Alternative UCITS Barometer. The Barometer is designed to help identify and anticipate key trends in
Ireland’s Central Bank has confirmed that UCITS organized as self-managed investment companies (“SMICs”) will need to complete a UCITS IV enhancement process by 1 July 2013, wrote law firm Maples and Calder this week. For most SMICs this will involve
By Fiona Le Poidevin, TISE – There were 705 new listings on The International Stock Exchange (TISE) during 2017, which was an increase of 40 per cent on the previous year. In the first quarter of 2018, there was a
Lyxor Asset Management this week announced the lauch of the Lyxor/Canyon Credit Strategy Fund, a UCITS-compliant fund designed to provide investors with access to Canyon Capital Advisors LLC’s event driven and credit-oriented strategies across a variety of asset classes. It
Risk-on sentiment bolstered hedge funds’ returns last week with Lyxor’s Global Hedge Fund Index up 0.3 per cent. The most directional strategies outperformed, including L/S Equity along with Special Situations strategies. Other strategies though, were flat. The rise
NEX Data, which delivers independent market intelligence and price information for OTC Data, and JBOND, an electronic platform for trading in Japanese Repurchase agreements, have launched the JBOND NEX Repo Index to measure the effective cost of funding for Japanese
UCITS hedge funds are typically more volatile and underperform their non-UCITS hedge fund rivals, according to a comparative study by the Edhec-Risk Institute. The findings also show that the domicile of a fund is an important indicator of a
French giant asset management firm, Amundi, has announced the launch of a new UCITS fund to be managed by Amundi Alter
The first mobile-focused personal wealth manager exclusively for crypto assets, B21, has announced a partnership with Salus Alpha, a licensed and regulated investment provider for retail and institutional clients. Through this partnership, B21 will list Salus Alpha’s Smarter than Crypto
Active investment manager Allianz Global Investors has launched the Allianz Fixed Income Macro Fund, a new global absolute return fixed income fund aimed at the UK market and will be managed by Kacper Brzezniak from the Conviction Fixed Income team
