Cisco Systems Inc, Comcast Corp (Class A shares) and FedEx Corp have been added to the Dow Jones US Contrarian Opportunities Index. The index is designed to systematically measure the performance of stocks that lag behind the broader market in
2012 was a promising start for alternative UCITS funds with the UCITS Alternative Index Global gaining 1.37 per cent having fallen 3.64 per cent in 2011.
Total assets in Irish-domiciled funds have exceeded EUR1trillion, an all-time high, reflecting what Gary Palmer (pictured), Chief Executive of the Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA)
A study released by Deutsche Bank’s Hedge Fund Capital Group this week has revealed that investors expect north of USD185billion to flow into UCITS III absolute return funds over the n
Having first reported last month that Sabre Fund Management was close to launching its inaugural newcits – the Sabre All Weather Fund – last week saw it officially go live. It’s been a long process, the firm first announcing its
A Fund Processing Passport (FPP) Portal, set up by the European Funds and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) in June 2010 is beginning to garner support amongst fund managers.
Greenwich, Connecticut-headquartered hedge fund, AQR Capital Management, has joined forces with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to roll out a UCITS III-compliant version of its successfu
Zadig Gestion Luxembourg has launched a long-only UCITS III fund – the Memnon Fund – to be advised by London-based Zadig Asset Management LLP.
SEB has integrated its offering within alternative investments by merging the SEB-owned London boutique Key Asset Management unit with the SEB Alternative Investment Team (AIT) in Stockholm . The new team will be managed by Mikael Spångberg (pictured) as Managing Director, Stockholm and Chris
Finisterre Capital, the long/short emerging market total return specialist, has launched the Finisterre Equity Fund. Joint Portfolio Managers of the new fund are Alistair Candlish and Edward Cole, who joined Finisterre in August, 2011. The duo was hired as a
