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Ireland gains on Luxembourg’s lead in EU investment industry
Luxembourg is Europe’s largest holder of investment fund assets with 26.5% of the total, a 4.7% drop since 2010 and a big blow considering its Irish rival upped its share of the industry in 2011.
22 Feb 2012
European investors return to bond funds
Bond funds saw net inflows of €4bn in December, the first time similar inflows have been recorded since July 2011, while long-term Ucits and equity funds saw limited outflows as investor confidence returned.
14 Feb 2012
Special situations and convertible bonds boost hedge fund performance
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index was up 1.3% in January, reversing its downwards trend in 2011 thanks to special situations, equity long bias and convertible bond strategies.
14 Feb 2012
Hong Kong debt fund aimed at EU fund selectors
Hong-Kong based MW GaveKal has launched the MW GaveKal China Fixed Income strategy, a long only Ucits fund aimed at European institutional and professional investors.
14 Feb 2012
Investec seals distribution partnership in Germany
Investec Asset Management has agreed on an exclusive distribution partnership in Germany with diversified wealth management group Sal. Oppenheim.
31 Jan 2012
Emerging market Ucits outperform long/short equity favourites
Long/short equity is the most popular strategy pursued by Alternative Ucits funds, according to study published by PerTrac, a US provider of analytics, reporting and communications software for investment professionals.
24 Jan 2012
Colombian equities expert enters Europe
The specialist Colombian equities manager Bolsa y Renta has entered Europe after Luxembourg's Casa4Funds selected it to advise its Ucits compliant Colombia Equity fund.
17 Jan 2012
Deutsche Bank teams up with German hedge manager for Ucits platform
Deutsche Bank has expanded its dbSelect Ucits fund platform further, adding a fund run by German alternatives manager Fortinbras Asset Management.
16 Jan 2012
ACMBernstein startet Short-Duration-High-Yield-Strategie in Europa
ACMBernstein hat eine Short-Duration-High-Yield-Strategie auf den Markt gebracht.
11 Jan 2012
Alliance Bernstein launches short duration high yield fund
Alliance Bernstein has launched a short-duration high yield strategy for European investors seeking greater stability in their fixed income allocations without giving up too much return to achieve this.
11 Jan 2012
Pimco focuses on dividends in two fund launches
Pimco has launched two actively managed funds focused on dividends, in an environment where the near-term outlook for capital growth in many stock markets remains uncertain.
11 Jan 2012
Top five absolute return fund platforms near $8bn assets
The importance of fund platforms to European investors in Ucits-compliant hedge funds has been shown by the fact the five largest platforms for such products have almost $8bn of assets on them.
04 Jan 2012
Irish fund service providers set out advantages of country as fund base
The financial stress on Ireland has been so tough it needed bailing out, and some banks have been nationalised. This led some onlookers to question if the country's fund servicing industry might suffer ‘aftershocks' from being in a related field.
21 Dec 2011
Polar Capital builds on talented managers, not 'hot' strategies
Tim Woolley co-founded Polar Capital back in 2001 with the plan to grow the London boutique to about 12 stock picking fund management teams - a decade later, they have just one to go.
20 Dec 2011
Deutsche Bank adds commodities trader to alternatives platform
Deutsche Bank has added a commodities investment strategy from America's JE Moody to its regulated hedge fund platform, as investors hunger for products that are protective from mainstream asset classes.
15 Dec 2011Regions
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Opportunities abound for Dragon investors
The Chinese Year of the Dragon promises drama across the world, yet the opening weeks of 2012 are throwing up some surprising investment opportunities.
Events
InvestmentEurope Fund Selector Forum Sweden
InvestmentEurope's country specific forum for Sweden takes place in Stockholm on 24 April 2012
InvestmentEurope Fund Selector Forum France
InvestmentEurope's country specific forum for France takes place in Paris on 22 May 2012.
