An industry research report published by the European Fund and Asset Management Association and KPMG shows there are significant tax complications in the new Ucits IV Directive that prevent the achievement of a harmonised European funds industry. The report identifies
The market correction that ripped through Q4 2018 was perhaps a pre-cursor for increased volatility this year, and if that is the case, active fund managers – especially specialist sector-focused stock pickers and short specialists – could make substantial gains
Dematco, Inc a specialist in dematerialising and converting insurance instruments from paper form to electronic form, has announced a 50% revenue sharing agreement with Toronto-based hedge fund manager Quantus Investment Corp. Investment instruments and derivative products will be created from
The Committee of European Securities Regulators (Cesr) has released a series of guidelines on how to calculate risk under Ucits IV, reports Hedgefund Review.
Q&A with Frank Napolitani and Jaclyn Greco of EisnerAmper’s Financial Services Practice Last year witnessed a number of notable billion dollar launches, including D1 Capital. How would you sum up 2018 in respect of US start-up activity, generally speaking? It was
August saw Ucits hedge funds fail to deliver any scintillating returns, with not a single strategy climbing above one per cent according to the latest figures release
Australian systematic long/short managers Platypus Capital Management are launching a new Asian equity long/short fund on 8 September.
This week’s fund spotlight is on Unicredit-owned Pioneer Investments and in particular, its commodity newcits: the Pioneer Funds Commodity Alpha A EUR Hedged ND
DMS Management (Ireland) Limited (DMS) has been appointed as director to the Monsoon Asia-Pacific Systematic Fund (MAPS), a Dublin-based UCITS IV fund with daily liquidity. MAPS is one of the first alternative strategy UCITS IV funds authorised in Ireland. MAPS
After a strong finish at the end of July, the momentum in the Ucits hedge fund universe kept going for the first three weeks in August 2010. Despite a drop in the last week of the month the Ucits HFS
