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360 Global Capital, a New York-based hedge fund advisor has launched an onshore UCITS version of its equity l/s fund reported HFMWeek this week.
In its latest UCITS Barometer survey, Malta-based ML Capital has found that merger arbitrage is the strategy most favoured by alternative UCITS investors, with 79 per cent planning to increa
Castlestone Management “continues to operate as normal” despite having the FSA descend on its offices i
Merger arbitrage emerged as the strategy most in demand with alternative UCITS investors, with 79 per cent of all respondents planning to increase or maintain their exposure in the coming quarter, according to ML Capital’s latest survey of the growing sector.


ML Capital surveyed a diverse range of active alternative UCITS investors, who collectively manage EUR50 billion and today invest upwards of EUR10 billion into Alternative UCITS products. Questions are aimed at discovering their forthcoming strategy allocations and are asked each quarter to the same respondents, in order to track asset flows between UCITS strategies.


The survey found that merger
Frontier Investment Management (Frontier) has launched Euro and Swiss Franc share classes for its FrontEdge Global Hedge Fund in response to growing demand from Swiss and European family offices and institutions. The two new additions mean the fund now offers Sterling, US Dollar, Euro and Swiss Franc share classes.
FrontEdge Global Hedge Fund combines investments across over 50 single hedge fund managers, segmented across strategy, size and geographical focus with a significant allocation to a proprietary blend of synthetic replication strategies. The Fund, provides investors with an efficient means to access the returns of the global hedge fund industry while mitigating
GLG Partners, now part of Man Group Plc, this week announced the launch of their 10th UCITS fund since July ‘09.
UCITS attracted nearly EUR23billion in net sales for May, up slightly from EUR21billion in April.
John Locke Investments, the independent CTA operating out of Fountainebleau, this week announced the launch of an onsho
Ratings agency Fitch has issued a two-pronged attack on European Absolute Return funds, branding them “prone to performance disappointment” and al
John Locke Investments, a Paris based commodity trading advisor (CTA) has independently launched its first UCITS compliant Fund. The Cyril Systematic Fund provides investors with access to the firm’s flagship Cyril Systematic Program under the Ucits umbrella. The Fund was recently approved by the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers), has almost EUR30million in assets under management and will provide daily liquidity to its investor base.
John Locke Investments has been offering its flagship Cyril Systematic Program toclients over the last 11 years via onshore and offshore Funds and privately managed accounts and continues to deliver consistent non correlated returns to
