Funds
As investors continue to see the benefits of UCITS, so the number of platforms to facilitate fund growth expands.
UK-based fund of hedge funds firm, Key Asset Management, is joining forces with one of its owners, Scandinavian bank SEB, to launch its first newcits according to HFMWeek.
US bank Morgan Stanley has become the latest player in the newcits arena by adding its first Ucits III-compliant hedge fund onto its FundLogic platform
The latest research report by Singapore-based firm, Eurekahedge, reveals that last month European hedge funds recorded th
London-based Merchant Capital has had a busy year since it launched its Merchant Funds plc UCITS-III platform at the start of the year.
Nomura announced the launch of its latest newcits – the HFRq UCITS III Fund
Frankfurt-based Universal Investments have teamed up with US hedge fund, York Asset Management, to roll out a first-in-class global merger arbitrage newcits: the York Lion Merger A
Universal-Investment and New York-based hedge fund specialist York Asset Management have launched an absolute return fund, The York Lion Merger Arbitrage Liquidity Fund UI.
The fund is based upon The Lion Fund and is the first global merger arbitrage strategy launched as a as Ucits fund in Europe.
The fund invests in daily tradable securities in both established and emerging markets. It aims at arbitrages which occur due to mergers and takeovers as well as other event driven situations.
“With our investment method we distinguish between seven different types of situations,” says Nick Walker, chief investment officer of York Asset
Jabre Capital Partners, the Geneva-based hedge fund manager established by Philippe Jabre in 2006, has established a Luxembourg domiciled Ucits umbrella, JabCap (Lux), with one sub-fund, JabCap (Lux) – Global Balanced.
The fund is intended to be the first in a series of Ucits funds to be launched by JabCap.
JabCap has chosen Carne Global Financial Services Luxembourg to assist them in launching the fund.
JabCap says asset allocators are looking for alternative fund products that are risk controlled while at the same time providing attractive returns. Large distributors and the major banks are looking for more alternative Ucits
Swiss-based Salus Alpha Group, the vanguard of Ucits fund development since it was established in 2001, is attracting institutional investors in Asia, helped by the fact t
