In an environment of fund fee compression, leveraging a private managed account platform may offer an easier way for an outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) to get approval from pension fund investment committees. The traditional consultant model has been non-discretionary,
Universal-Investment and London-based fund manager Stratton Street have launched the Stratton Street UCITS Renminbi Bond Fund UI. This new UCITS fund follows the Renminbi Bond Fund managed since 2007 by Stratton Street. The original strategy was set up before
Following the recent acquisition of Singapore-based Silver Metis Capital Management, J O Hambro Capital Management has decided to launch two Asia-focused Ucit
Since 2012, K2 Advisors, one of the industry’s largest hedge fund advisory groups, has been part of Franklin Templeton Investments. It has, in many ways, been an ideal marriage, with K2 bringing alternative fund solutions expertise and Franklin Templeton bringing
DMS Management (Ireland) Limited, one of the hedge fund industry’s largest fund governance firms, has been appointed as director to the Monsoon Asia Pacific Systematic Fund (MAPS), a D
Hedge fund performance was dragged lower last week by high beta strategies such as L/S Equity and Special Situations, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. Low beta strategies such as Merger Arbitrage, Relative Value
A survey released by Naisscent Capital, a Swiss FoF manager, has found that the number of alternative Ucits funds available to investors has exceeded 1,000 reported Financial News thi
This year, in the traditional equity L/S strategy category one fund has stayed consistent: Fidelity International’s Fidelity Active Strategy (FAST) Europe 1 EUR ACC fund.
RiverNorth Capital Management (RiverNorth), an investment management firm specialising in opportunistic strategies, has launched the RiverNorth Opportunistic Municipal Income Fund, a new municipal bond-focussed closed-end fund. RiverNorth will act as the investment adviser to the fund, and MacKay Shields will
