M&G - the investment management subsidiary of UK insurance giant Prudential - is rolling out a UCITS III version of its long-running Episode global macro strategy, which has been managed successfully for the big Prudential life fund for the past 10 years.
The new M&G Macro Episode Fund - which has been seeded with £50 million from the Prudential - aims to offer institutions and sophisticated investors higher total returns than global equities over the medium to long term, but with lower volatility. The minimum investment in the fund is £1 million.
The fund combines...