Alpha Ucits, a London-based independent UCITS distribution platform established by ex-Brevan Howard’s Stephane Diederich in October 2009, has won its first UCITS structuring man
Geneva based Palaedino Asset Management, adviser to the Axiom Fund, has launched the first Ucits Funds denominated in gold. Investors who choose the gold share class will have an exposure to the fund’s investments and to gold fluctuations. This will
Fusion Asset Management, the London-based investment manager, has launched a Ucits fund via SEB Prime Solutions. This is the third launch on SEB’s Ucits platform since its inception three months ago. The SEB Prime Solutions-Fusion Libor+ 800 Currency Ucits Fund
The Ucits HFS Index lost 0.06 per cent in the second week of trading in December and is up 0.11 per cent month to date. Although seven sub-strategies were negative in the second week of trading, only multi strategy (-0.39
Strong capital inflows and a return of investor risk tolerance contributed to an increase in new hedge fund launches in the third quarter of 2010, while investors continued to exhibit a clear preference for transparency, liquidity and Ucits III compliance
Deutsche Bank and Paulson have launched a Ucits compliant version of Paulson’s flagship Advantage fund. The Ucits fund, called the DB Platinum IV Paulson Global Fund, has been launched on Deutsche Bank’s Platinum platform. The fund is linked to the
In September 2018, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) increased volumes on its power derivatives markets by 42 per cent to 377.1 TWh (September 2017: 265.8 TWh) and, as a result, reached the highest monthly volume since November 2016. In particular,
Argentex, an FCA-regulated provider of foreign exchange services to corporate and private clients across EMEA, has reported another year of strong growth across all key metrics. The growth was achieved despite considerable exceptional costs in the financial period, as the
Pictet Asset Management (Pictet AM) has expanded its Total Return fund range with the launch of the Pictet-TR Akari fund, a UCITS-compliant Japanese equity market neutral fund with weekly liquidity. Pictet-TR Akari aims to achieve long-term capital growth with low
January proved to be a mixed bag in terms of strategy performance within the alternative UCITS universe. According to the UAI Global index, provided by Alix Capital, the average fund lost -0.38 per cent last month. Eight of the eleven
