BlackRock launches factor-based absolute return Ucits
BlackRock has launched a style-factor driven multi-asset absolute return fund in a bid to provide investors with new sources of positive absolute return.
BlackRock has launched a style-factor driven multi-asset absolute return fund in a bid to provide investors with new sources of positive absolute return.
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has launched a sterling share class for its L1 Equity World Aqua Fund in response to greater demand from UK institutional and wholesale clients.
Craig Reeves, founder of Prestige Asset Management gives his view on how loan funds, a relatively new type of asset class, can benefit from government subsidies for rural energy schemes.
RWC Partners is changing the name and mandate of its Global Innovation Absolute Alpha fund.
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) said it is confident the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) would complete its assessment of a second wave of nations for inclusion into the AIFMD passport system by June 30.
Prestige Asset Distribution, part of the Prestige Asset Management group, has launched a new product which utilises Business Property Relief (BPR) available under the UK tax system to mitigate the impact of inheritance tax.
The flow of capital into hedge funds in Asia was up about 17 times in year-on-year terms for 2015, the only global region to show growth, according to Evestment data.
Investor appetite for cash grew markedly in 2015, the latest set of Investment Association fund statistics show.
Shares with high dividend yields are usually found in the more defensive sectors of the stock market that have little upside potential. But according to one Swiss-based fund manager there is also biotech.
UK wealth manager Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) said its Close Inheritance Tax Service (CITS), which can help investors reduce death duties, had raised a record £45m ($64m, €59m) in 2015.
Since Markowitz, multi-asset investing has been increasingly “en vogue”. The other trait that has caught the imagination – as well the attention of the regulators – is risk assessment.
JP Morgan Asset Management has launched a new Ucits fund, which will invest in a number of hedge fund strategies to deliver returns with lower sensitivity to traditional equity and bond markets.