London-based specialist European equity asset manager Argonaut Capital plans to launch an income-focused European equity fund, subject to FCA approval. The Argonaut European Income Opportunities Fund will aim to achieve a yield far higher than the overall index, through selectively
Insch Capital Management has launched the Gold Income Actively Managed Certificates (AMC) powered by Insch’s award-winning Kintore (Bidirectional Gold) strategy. The firm writes that the investment objective of the Gold Income version of the Insch Kintore strategy is to generate
Corporate debt specialist Muzinich is launching two funds to be managed by the loans team who recently joined from ECM Asset Management (ECM), a Wells Fargo Asset Management company. Muzinich announced in the summer that it had hired Torben Ronberg,
RAM Active Investments (RAM AI), an active and alternative asset management company, has launched RAM (Lux) Systematic Funds – Long/Short Global Equities. The fund, available in daily-dealing UCITS format, will be collectively managed by Thomas de Saint-Seine (pictured), Maxime Botti
Franklin Templeton Investments has soft launched the FTIF Franklin K2 Global Macro Opportunities Fund, a sub-fund of the Luxembourg-registered Franklin Templeton Investment Funds (FTIF) SICAV range. This is the second liquid alternatives fund to be launched in the FTIF range.
LCM partners has closed the LCM Partners Credit Opportunities III strategy, with in excess of EUR2 billion in commitments across a mix of managed accounts and a commingled fund from pension funds and foundations in the US, Continental Europe and
LRI Group, the leading independent investment services company, has partnered with TAO Alternatives to launch its liquid alternative investment strategy, which has assets of more than EUR 250 million. The investment strategy has been managed since 2007 and is available
Following the completion of its acquisition of Cantab Capital Partners in October, GAM has launched its first purely quantitative equities UCITS fund, GAM Systematic Global Equity Market Neutral. The fund was developed by the Cantab investment team, which now operates
Latitude Investment Management, an investment advisory firm recently founded by Freddie Lait, has launched its first fund, The Latitude Horizon Fund (UCITS V). The fund, which has begun accepting investment from new shareholders, is a global long only diversified growth
North America-based hedge fund managers accounted for 76 per cent of the 118 new launches in the third quarter, a 12-month high, while both Europe and Asia Pacific-based managers accounted for smaller proportions. That’s according to Preqin’s latest quarterly update
