These are potentially worrying times for Europe’s fund managers with the threat of a bonus cap hanging over their
UCITS delivered positive returns to investors for the third consecutive month in September.
HSBC Global Asset Management has announced it intends to launch a 200 per cent levered UCITS version of its EUR623 millio
Kinetic Partners’ application to become a fund management company (MANCO) in Luxembourg has been approved by the Luxembourg Financial Authority (CSSF). The issuance of the licence will enable Kinetic Partners (Luxembourg) to host third party Undertakings for Collective Investment in
The latest fund launch from Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) is a new US Equity Dividend and Premium Fund featuring the use of call options. GSAM’s new fund is
The German financial market authority (BaFin) has approved the HI Varengold CTA Hedge fund for distribution in Germany. The fund, which is the third German fund of
A working paper on Ucits regulation has found no conclusive evidence that less regulated hedge funds outperform alternative Ucits funds on a risk adjusted basis, even though they find some cross-sectional evidence. The paper was published by Nils S. Tuchsmid
Managed futures held steady in August, posting a small gain of 0.11 per cent, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by Fairfield, Iowa-based index provider BarclayHedge, and the inde
The August 2005 return for the Fimat Volatility Arbitrage Median (FVAM) is +0.51%.
Emerging markets investment specialist Charlemagne Capital, has appointed KC Reddy as the firm’s new Senior Portfolio Manager for Asia. Reddy, who has more than 12
