WisdomTree has launched accumulating and distributing share classes of its India Quality Ucits ETF (EPIQ), which offers smart beta exposure to Indian stocks with a focus on above average returns on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE).
Despite expectations of rising US interest rates, Capital Group intends to launch a bond strategy in Asia that targets investment grade US corporates.
Asset management firm Heptagon Capital has launched three new Dublin-based Ucits funds run by US-based Driehaus Capital Management and WCM Investment Management, bringing Heptagon’s number of Ucits funds to 11.
Asset management group Sarasin & Partners has launched the Sarasin Systematic Eurozone Equity fund, which aims to provide investors with capital growth over the long term.
FundRock Management Company has opened an office in Dublin, as part of wider the firm’s European expansion plans and to capture growing demand arising from the Brexit vote.
EI Sturdza Investment Funds has launched a Dublin-domiciled Strategic Beta Flex Fund that invests in a globally diversified portfolio of equity funds and reduces volatility by partially or fully hedging the underlying market exposure.
JP Morgan Asset Management has launched a Ucits fund for investors looking to maintain their holdings in fixed income and limit their exposure to rising rates, while still achieving a reasonable level of income in the current low interest rate environment.
Discretionary fund manager Man GLG, part of investment management giant Man Group, has launched a pan-European Ucits fund for investors across Europe which will offer exposure to the region’s strongest companies.
Geneva-based asset manager Quaero Capital is bringing its specialist fund that invests in European companies with family shareholders to Asia.
The Irish unit of Malaysia-headquartered CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management has launched its first global sukuk Ucits fund.
Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI), part of Old Mutual Wealth, plans to launch the Old Mutual Style Premia Absolute Return Fund (Star) at the beginning of December.
Pictet Asset Management has added a long/short global equity fund to its total return range.
