
Ignis looks to ignite interest with government bond AR fund
Ignis Asset Management has confirmed this week that it plans to launch a government bond fund at the end of March.

Ignis Asset Management has confirmed this week that it plans to launch a government bond fund at the end of March.
Hong Kong-based Value Partners, one of Asia’s largest hedge fund managers with some USD7.7billion in assets under management is preparing to launch a UCITS-com

Threadneedle is to launch the Threadneedle (Lux) European Smaller Companies Absolute Alpha Fund. The UCITS III fund will give manager Philip Dicken (pictured) and his team flexibility in strategy and fund positioning and will offer investors access to an investment

LCH.Clearnet has completed the transfer of over 300 MF Global UK client positions to the clearing member of the client’s choice. The operation has involved managing client positions across multiple markets including the London Stock Exchange, LIFFE, LME, Nodal, HKMEx,

ABN AMRO Investment Management has launched the first two ABN AMRO Basic UCITS exchange-traded funds reported AssetServicingTimes this week. Both have been listed on Euronext Amsterdam. CACEIS has been awarded the fund administration mandate. Both funds are physical ETFs that

Pictet Asset Management, the asset management and fund distribution arm of Swiss private bank, Pictet & Cie, one of the country’s oldest largest private banks, announced this week

Managers sitting on ML Capital’s MontLake platform are about to gain exposure to hundreds of banking groups across the German and Swiss markets.

Asia and the Middle East could potentially become major offshore centres for alternative investment funds according to a report published by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (

Alternative multi-manager Tages Capital has signed a strategic partnership with Frankfurt-based Gauly | Dittrich | van de Weyer Asset Management. Under the terms of the agreement, Gauly | Dittrich | van de Weyer Asset Management will distribute Tages’ investment solutions
Alternative UCITS funds made further gains last month according to Alix Capital, provider of the UCITS Alternative Index Global which climbed 0.87 per cent to put it +2.25 per cent YTD.