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In a new publication entitled “Making the most of UCITS IV – A flexible approach by Management Company profile”, asset servicing provider, CACEIS, sets out the business development and restructuring opportunities for management companies under the forthcoming UCITS IV regime as of 1 July 2011.
The guide separates management companies according to their profile, from new UCITS market entrants to experienced promoters. For each profile, our experts analyse possible strategies for the management company relating to opportunities created under UCITS IV, establishing solutions to reach business objectives. The guide also examines issues such as cross-border distribution, and restructuring of
A study released by Deutsche Bank’s Hedge Fund Capital Group this week has revealed that investors expect north of USD185billion to flow into UCITS III absolute return funds over the n
Having first reported last month that Sabre Fund Management was close to launching its inaugural newcits – the Sabre All Weather Fund – last week saw it officially go live. It’s been a long process, the firm first announcing its plans back last May, but as Sabre’s managing principal Melissa Hill told Hedgeweek, “The launch has taken slightly longer than we expected, but this seems to be fairly standard.” Luxembourg Financial Group’s UCITS platform, Liquid Alpha UCITS Platform (LAUP) is hosting the Lux-domiciled SICAV, which will rank pari passu with Sabre’s flagship USD503million offshore equity market neutral Sabre Style Arbitrage
A Fund Processing Passport (FPP) Portal, set up by the European Funds and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) in June 2010 is beginning to garner support amongst fund managers.
Greenwich, Connecticut-headquartered hedge fund, AQR Capital Management, has joined forces with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to roll out a UCITS III-compliant version of its successfu
Zadig Gestion Luxembourg has launched a long-only UCITS III fund – the Memnon Fund – to be advised by London-based Zadig Asset Management LLP.
Investors expect more than USD185 billion to flow into UCITS III absolute return funds in the next twelve months, according to a Deutsche Bank survey of the industry. Using current estimates that USD140 billion is under management in UCITS III absolute return funds, the survey indicates the size of the sector will double in the year ahead.
The survey, conducted by the Deutsche Bank Hedge Fund Capital Group, indicates the industry will grow significantly, with allocations to all UCITS strategies remaining high. The bank surveyed 184 investor entities, representing more than USD2.1 trillion in assets. These wealth managers, insurance companies,
Swiss & Global Asset Management Ltd, a GAM subsidiary responsible for managing the Julius Baer range of investment funds, announced this week the launch of a new UCITS.
This week saw the launch of an inaugural newcits from New York-based CastleRock Asset Management – the CastleRock US Liquid Equities UCITS fun
Deutsche Bank announced this week the successful onboarding of a Traxis Partners newcits entitled the DB Platinum Trax
