KNEIP has been appointed by Vontobel Asset Management to carry out fund data management, regulatory filing, KIID production and dissemination and financial reporting. Vontobel Asset Management will be making use of KNEIP’s service across its entire Swiss- and Luxembourg-domiciled fund
Gottex Fund Management is on track to launch its first UCITS RQFII China product during the first quarter of 2015, according to the group’s latest trading statement for the quarter ended 30 September 2014. The product will invest in onshore
After launching its new brand and announcing a fresh start with the shareholder New York Life Investment Management last month, Candriam is in the process of renaming all of its funds. This process, which should be completed by the summer
Alternative UCITS funds absolute were slightly down in July with the UAI Global index losing 0.33 per cent according to Alix Capital, the index provider. Commodity and equity focused funds were the hardest hit because of challenging conditions in their
Anavon Capital has launched the Anavon Global Equity Long/Short UCITS fund on the Alpha UCITS Platform. The fund will be run pari passu with Anavon’s global long/short strategy. Tages Capital has acted as day one investor ensuring the UCITS
The Swiss banking group Syz & Co has launched Oyster Market Neutral Plus, a new sub-fund of Oyster, its Luxembourg UCITS SICAV. The fund is an increased leverage version of the Oyster Market Neutral fund, whose neutral beta long/short strategy
Emerging markets specialist Fund Management Group (FMG) has launched a UCITS-compliant version of the Rising 6 Fund, designed to provide investors with exposure to China, Russia, Brazil, Ind
The first half of 2014 saw a new milestone reached in the alternative UCITS sector with assets under management (AUM) growing by 15.6 per cent to EUR184.2 billion, according to the Alceda Half Yearly UCITS Review. However, alternative UCITS strategies
Castle Hall Alternatives has formed a partnership with SwissAnalytics, based in Zurich, to extend the reach of the OpsDiligence online diligence platform. SwissAnalytics, founded in 2008, is a due diligence firm which has completed operational diligence on more than 400
February proved to be a more positive month performance-wise for alternative UCITS funds with the UCITS Alternative Index Global returning 1.06 per cent. All strategies, bar two, posted positive returns. As was the case in January, the best performing strategy
