February 21, 2011
Solvency II was approved by the European Parliament in April 2009. Joy Dunbar, editor of Absolute UCITS, looks at the new directive, which comes into force 1 January 2013, and what it means for the UCITS hedge fund industry.
February 17, 2011
Sandler O'Neill Asset Management is the latest US-based manager to launch a UCITS hedge fund.
February 15, 2011
More than a quarter of US-based hedge fund managers are going to create a UCITS structure this year, according to a survey.
February 14, 2011
Joy Dunbar, editor of Absolute UCITS, speaks with the former co-heads of Insight Investment’s multi-asset team, Patrick Armstrong and Dr Ana Cukic Armstrong, about their new business, distribution model and investment approach.
February 14, 2011
A UCITS long/short equity version of GLG’s North American Opportunity Fund has been launched.
February 14, 2011
A range of UCITS funds has been launched by Iveagh Private Investment House, the Guinness family office and asset management firm.
February 11, 2011
The UK Investment Management Association is considering creating an alternative sector because of the growing number of UCITS hedge funds.
February 11, 2011
European regulators are proposing to change the way that UCITS III funds are classified under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive or MiFID.
February 10, 2011
Aquila Capital’s flagship absolute return strategy, the AC - Risk Parity Fund has three years of positive, absolute returns in a UCITS format.
February 10, 2011
AQR Capital Management, the multi-billion dollar hedge fund manager, is the latest alternatives investment house to launch a UCITS-compliant fund.
February 08, 2011
Total assets of Qualifying Investor Funds grew by 35% during 2010 to €153 billion ($208 billion), according to figures from Central Bank of Ireland.
February 08, 2011
Investors predict more than $400 billion will be invested in UCITS hedge funds in the next two years, according to a new Deutsche Bank survey.
February 03, 2011
Standard Life Investments' increases distribution of its Global Absolute Return Strategies fund with a Luxembourg-based SICAV
February 03, 2011
Plamen Monovski from Renaissance Asset Managers speaks with the editor of Absolute UCITS, Joy Dunbar, about opportunities in Eastern Europe.
February 02, 2011
BNY Mellon Asset Management is launching its first UCITS hedge fund which will be managed by Insight Investment Management.
February 02, 2011
Traxis Partners, the US-based macro hedge fund group headed by Barton Biggs, a Wall Street legend from his many years at Morgan Stanley, has launched a UCITS-compliant version of his fund on the
Deutsche Bank platform.