RL360° has entered into a deal with Guinness Asset Management under which it will be the only offshore life company able to offer access to the firm’ flagship Global Innovators Fund for six months through its savings plans.
Guinness Asset Management is giving UK and European investors access to its Global Innovators strategy for the first time.
The UK Investment Management Association (IMA) has criticised ESMA for suggesting that non-UCITS collective investment funds are more complex than UCITS funds in its “inappropriate” consultation on MiFID II.
Bond funds remain the most popular investment vehicle across the European mutual fund spectrum, new data from Lipper and The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) reveals.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched a trio of multi-asset UCITS funds, its first offering in the multi-asset retail space.
Ivory Investment Management has launched its DB Platinum Ivory Optimal Fund, which will take long and short positions in the US equity market.
VAM Funds has launched a highly concentrated 20-25 stock Luxembourg-domiciled Accessible Clean Energy Fund, run by French investment manager Opportunité SA.
Failing to take full advantage of the freedoms granted under UCITS IV legislation could mean fund managers are missing out on profits.
EFAMA's February sales statistics reflected fresh interest in bond funds against expectations for continued, yet subdued, inflation and low interest rates remaining.
Net sales of UCITS rose sharply in January, but net inflows from equity funds suffered a loss.
A requirement that managers of UCITS funds take at least 50% of their bonuses in the funds they oversee has created uncertainty in Europe’s asset management industry, though some say the matter has been overblown.
Muzinich & Co has launched a Ucits hard currency emerging market short-duration corporate bond fund for manager duo Warren Hyland and Christina Bastin.
