Hot on the heels of Sandler O’Neill Asset Management, who joined Morgan Stanley’s FundLogic Alternatives platform last month, the US banking giant this week announced the additio

Swiss-based Decision Analytics Advisory Partners AG, creators of the Next Generation Absolute Return UCITS vehicle, has launched the Secquaero ILS UCITS fund reporte

London-based SW Mitchell, which manages USD2billion of European equity assets in both long-only and long/short strategies, is scheduled to launch an alternati

HFR (Hedge Fund Research, Inc) has launched the industry’s first daily hedge fund performance database, allowing investors to access data on a rapidly growing universe of hedge funds which provide investors with daily performance figures.   

The launch of HFR Daily Hedge Fund Database is another milestone in the evolution of the hedge fund industry, as the increased ability of fund managers to provide investors with more frequent updates of performance has made the daily database not only possible, but an integral component of making allocations to hedge funds in 2011. Investor preference for more liquid strategies, in general, and

Vertex Capital Management Ltd, the London-based investment advisory firm, has launched a new UCITS fund via the SEB Prime Solutions UCITS platform. This is the fourth launch on SEB’s UCITS platform since its inception in September 2010. The Vertex Evolution UCITS Fund, launched on the SEB Prime Solutions platform, is an adaptive multi-asset class fund with a sub portfolio of external systematic trading managers. The fund consists of diverse building blocks that play different roles and complement each other. The blocks are built around four objectives – broad risk-controlled market exposures, amplifying returns in equity bull markets, augmenting returns in

Commodity trading adviser DUNN Capital is to launch the DUNN WMA UCITS Fund on the MontLake UCITS Platform. WMA (World Monetary and Agriculture) DUNN’s flagship long-term trend-following program, has experienced an annualised return of 14.61% from its inception in 1984.   

John Lowry (pictured), Chairman of ML Capital says: “We are delighted about this launch. DUNN has by most metrics outperformed the largest Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) firms in the world, and the objective of the MontLake UCITS Platform is to deliver access to leading alternative strategies providers. At present, US based CTAs are in short supply within a UCITS structure and are

Man Group’s range of UCITS funds now offers a daily dealing facility. The funds – Man AHL Trend and Man AHL Diversity – – were initially launched with a weekly dealing cycle and offer retail investors access to Man’s flagship AHL strategy through an onshore, regulated format with low minimum investment requirements. From today, Man investors will be able to buy and sell these funds on a daily basis.   The funds have attracted more than $750 million in assets since the first offering was brought to market in July 2009.   Harry Skaliotis, Head of Client Portfolio Management at

State Street Corporation this week released its latest Vision Focus report: “The Changing Shape of European In

Following the recent acquisition earlier this year to manage the Spencer House Capital Management fund – a UCITS umbrella housing the firm’s global equity port