An industry research report published by the European Fund and Asset Management Association and KPMG shows there are significant tax complications in the new Ucits IV Directive that prevent the achievement of a harmonised European funds industry. The report identifies
The Committee of European Securities Regulators (Cesr) has released a series of guidelines on how to calculate risk under Ucits IV, reports Hedgefund Review.
August saw Ucits hedge funds fail to deliver any scintillating returns, with not a single strategy climbing above one per cent according to the latest figures release
This week’s fund spotlight is on Unicredit-owned Pioneer Investments and in particular, its commodity newcits: the Pioneer Funds Commodity Alpha A EUR Hedged ND
DMS Management (Ireland) Limited (DMS) has been appointed as director to the Monsoon Asia-Pacific Systematic Fund (MAPS), a Dublin-based UCITS IV fund with daily liquidity. MAPS is one of the first alternative strategy UCITS IV funds authorised in Ireland. MAPS
After a strong finish at the end of July, the momentum in the Ucits hedge fund universe kept going for the first three weeks in August 2010. Despite a drop in the last week of the month the Ucits HFS
A new fund which aims to give clients access to both GAM’s investment management expertise and Barclays Capital’s quantitative stra
This week’s spotlight is on Frankfurt-based Tungsten Capital Management and their market neutral absolute return PRO ART ERV Fund.
August results show that global hedge funds, using Hedge Fund Research’s HFRX UCITS III-compliant index, made modest gains of +0.17 per cent, bringing them to +0.18 per cent YTD.
UCITS hedge fund assets under management increased in Q1 from EUR113 billion to EUR120 biillion (+6.2%), according to Alix Capital’s latest quarterly research on the industry. AUM has almost quadrupled in the last three years from just EUR32 billion in
