The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), in association with the Luxembourg Association of Risk Management (ALRiM), has published new risk management guidelines. The guidelines cover operational risk management within UCITS, and risk management under the Alternative Investment Fund
HFR Asset Management this week announced the launch of the Advent Global Opportunity Strategy under the HFR Umbrella UCITS Fund plc, domiciled in Ireland and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland on 1 April. It is the first in a series
Morgan Stanley this week announced the latest addition to FundLogic Alternatives Plc – the US bank’s Dublin-based UCITS umbrella structure.
Ahead of the proposed launch of Castlestone Management’s Aliquot Precious Metals UCITS fund on May 31, the firm’s CEO Angus Murray has been expounding the virtues of holdi
ML Capital are certainly busy right now.
Merchant Capital Ltd (Merchant), the asset management division of Merchant House Group Plc, has launched the Russian Phoenix UCITS Fund on its independent UCITS umbrella platform. The fund officially launched on 2nd June 2011 with SGD40 million of assets under
Skyline Capital Management, the London-based hedge fund manager established last year by Geoff Bamber and Vernon West, announced this week that it was launching a global equity
According to research by RBC Dexia Investor Services, several European markets missed the deadline to implement the 1July UCITS IV Directive.
PerTrac has launched new releases of its analytics solutions, PerTrac Analytics 7.2 and PowerLink 1.2. The powerful, new versions handle all data frequency types including daily data for investment analysis, strategy comparison and fund benchmarking. 

In response to investors’ increased
Assets under management on Schroders’ alternative UCITS platform, Schroder GAIA, have reached USD1.03bn, just 18 months since the platform was launched. This highlights investor appetite for a regulated and transparently operated UCITS compliant hedge fund platform that is managed by
