Vertex Capital Management Ltd, the London-based investment advisory firm, has launched a new UCITS fund via the SEB Prime Solutions UCITS platform. This is the fourth launch on SEB’s UCITS platform since its inception in September 2010. The Vertex Evolution
Morningstar has called for greater transparency in the securities lending industry after conducting research into the practices of 10 European providers of physical replication exchange traded funds. Morningstar said that improvement was necessary in terms of disclosure of counterparties’ identities
Tikehau IM has held the final closing of its latest senior leveraged loans fund, Tikehau Corporate Leveraged Loan Fund (TCLLF), at EUR230 million, lifting the amount of AUM in its senior leveraged loan strategy to more than EUR700 million. Tikehau
Skandia Investment Group (SIG)’s flagship multi-asset fund, Skandia Diversified and its Skandia Alternative Investments Fund, have invested in the Aviva Investors Index Opportunities High Alpha Fund. The investment into the Aviva Investors Index Opportunities High Alpha fund sees SIG’s GBP2.1bn*
Commodity trading adviser DUNN Capital is to launch the DUNN WMA UCITS Fund on the MontLake UCITS Platform. WMA (World Monetary and Agriculture) DUNN’s flagship long-term trend-following program, has experienced an annualised return of 14.61% from its inception in 1984.
A survey report released today by RBC Dexia and KPMG predicts that hedge fund managers will continue to create EU-domiciled hedge funds to complement their Cayman Islands or other offshore offerings, but that the QIFs and SIFs were gaining popularity
Quantitative asset manager, Aquantum AG, which specializes in developing scientific methods to build managed futures strategies and is also a spe
AllianceBernstein has taken a big step forward by launching a UCITS fund that invests in RMB bonds issued outside of China, and other Asian bonds excluding Japan.
Sarasin & Partners has rolled out an ethical fund to join the firm’s EquiSar OEIC fund suite – the EquiSar Socially Responsible fund – w
Pioneer Investments is incorporating its UCITS III structure Pioneer Absolute Return Equity (PARE) into the mainstream Luxembourg Pioneer Funds Umbrella. Investors in the new fund, Pioneer Funds – Absolute Return European Equity should benefit from: greater transparency – the change
