Following last week’s announcement, made jointly by BlueCrest and Merrill Lynch’s board of directors, to shutter the BlueTrend managed futures UCITS, the firm is now apparently l

Morgan Stanley this week announced the launch of a new fund on its dedicated UCITS platform, FundLogic Alternatives plc that gives investors exposure to Winton Capital Management’s Diversified Program. The fund is the third in a series of four CTA

Newedge announced this week that it had been appointed as swap counterparty to two new UCITS funds under the Nuveen Global Investors Fund plc umbrella. Both funds are Dublin-domiciled and UCITS-IV compliant. They are managed by Gresham Investment Management LLC,

Twenty five years ago this week saw the first formal adoption of the UCITS directive, since when it has gone through two further incarnations, with a third, UCITS IV, due next July.

Asia has been the focus of strong investment and solid performance to boot this year as China, India and the ASEAN five continue to show strong economic growth.

Swiss banking group, SYZ & CO launched a new UCITS III fund this week that looks to lock-in returns by investing in high-yield currencies.

Following last month’s decision to shutter its UK Crescendo Fund in favour of an onshore UCITS-III variation, London-based Threadneedle Asset Management<

UBS and Hedge Fund Research have launched the UBS ETFs plc – HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index SF, the first exchange-traded fund built on the investable benchmark of hedge fund performance.  The ETF was listed on the Deutsche Boerse Exchange

Sloane Robinson and Deutsche Bank are working together with the aim of launching a Ucits compliant Asia fund that will be managed by the same investment team responsible for Sloane Robinson’s flagship Asia offering. Pending regulatory approval, the planned fund