London-based Source, one of Europe’s leading ETF providers, this week announced that it was launching its first product in the US. Source’s first investment product to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange is the Source EURO STOXX 50
The Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA) has welcomed the consultation by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) to enhance fund management company effectiveness and efficiency. The consultation proposes further enhancements to the existing governance structure and includes a proposal to
Specialist fund manager VAM has launched a Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS IV fund targeting the high growth potential of frontier market equities. The VAM Frontier Markets Fund has an investable universe primarily consisting of companies domiciled or doing business in the 33
With around a week to go before the deadline for authorisation, some 47 per cent of alternative investment fund managers have still not filed under the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD). That’s according to a snapshot survey, commissioned by
Generali has launched a Luxembourg-based asset management company to focus on UCITS and alternative investment vehicles domiciled in Luxembourg. Generali Investments Luxembourg will support the global business activities of Generali Investments Europe, the main asset manager of Generali Group with
Schroders this week announced that assets under management in Schroder ISF Global Multi-Asset Income have surpassed USD5bn. The fund only launched just over two years ago in April 2012 with flows coming from Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle
GAM has launched the GAM Star MBS Total Return Fund – a UCITS-compliant version of an institutional investment strategy. The fund invests in the US asset-backed securities market, mainly in residential MBS, issued both by US government agencies and by
Buried in the recent consultation paper on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) are stringent rules on pay that will have far reaching consequences for the asset management industry, say experts at PwC. The rules, from the European
The European Parliament and Council have backed plans by the European Commission to strengthen consumer protection in the UCITS market. As reported by out-law.com, which provides legal news and opinion from Pinsent Masons, consumers will have the right to take
Some of the largest hedge fund managers such as BlueBay Asset Management LLP, Marshall Wace LLP and Brevan Howard are piling in to the liquid alternative fund space as demand shows no sign of abating reported Bloomberg this week. A
