
UCITS make negligible gains for July
July proved to be another challenging month for UCITS funds, with the UCITS Alternative Index Global recording an incremental gain of 0.08 per cent.

July proved to be another challenging month for UCITS funds, with the UCITS Alternative Index Global recording an incremental gain of 0.08 per cent.

Liontrust Asset Management, an LSE-listed company with USD1.3billion in AUM, is taking on O
Insurance provider Apsley Specialty has joined forces with Lloyd’s Pembroke Syndicate 4000 to provide capacity for its insurance offering to the alternative asset management sector. Pembroke, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ironshore Inc, operates as a syndicate within the Lloyd’s

Man Group plc has successfully launched the Man GLG Multi-Strategy fund – the first combined UCITS fund to result from Man’s acquisition of GLG Partners, Inc. in 2010, which created the world’s largest independent alternative asset manager. The open-ended fund,
Man Group's deal to acquire Pine Grove is part of a selective acquisition strategy that may boost the firm's diversification and scale, according to Fitch Ratings. Business diversification could mitigate the risk of outflows driven by market volatility and investors'

Goldman Sachs is about to take on the market leaders in the UCITS platform space – namely BAML with its dedicated

BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services, long regarded as one of the industry’s leading hedge fund service providers, has had its reputation in the alternatives space further streng

Paris-based Aequam Capital, an independent quantitative fund manager established last year by Arnaud Chretien, has launched the Aequam Currencies Fund: a UCITS III-compliant systematic multi-curren

Castlestone Management “continues to operate as normal” despite having the FSA descend on its offices i

Deutsche Asset & Wealth management and Ivory Investment Management have launched the UCITS compliant DB Platinum Ivory Optimal Fund on Deutsche Bank’s UCITS platform. The fund, currently at USD130 million, will be managed by Curtis Macnguyen, founder and head portfolio