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Independent structuring specialist Alceda Fund Management has announced a partnership with ECPI Group to launch funds that match risk and return characteristics of the EGME Index.
29 May 2013
Rasini Fairway Capital is the latest manager to redomicile its Stafford SICAV Global Equity Fund to Luxembourg in a Ucits regulated format.
23 May 2013
Figures published by the European Fund and Asset Management Association point to continued strong sales of Ucits across the region in March.
15 May 2013
EDHEC-Risk Institute, together with Caceis Investor Services, has put forward a series of proposals to limit risks that it says undermined the Ucits label during the 2007-8 financial crisis.
28 Jan 2013
After a surge in inflows into Ucits funds in August, they have seen €10bn flowing out in September, according to the latest report from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA).
14 Nov 2012
The latest ML Capital Alternative Ucits Barometer has revealed a shift in European investor demand away from CTAs and managed futures, to previously less favoured strategies.
22 Oct 2012
EFAMA head Claude Kremer has mooted the idea of a ‘modified Ucits’ to accommodate less liquid investments, which he said were a cornerstone of long-term investments and savings.
10 Oct 2012
Renaissance Asset Managers (RAM) has gained permission to distribute a number of its specialist Ucits funds in France, just a week after getting a green light for registration in Switzerland.
03 Oct 2012Renaissance Asset Managers has recently seen a surge of investor inflows into its Sub-Saharan Africa fund, which is now the largest Sub-Saharan UCITS fund on the market. Plamen Monovski, chief investment officer at the firm, talks about why the region is so attractive.
03 Oct 2012
An "avalanche of regulation" threatens to overwhelm asset managers and distract them from attending to their clients, says a Luxembourg-based partner at KPMG, but he is urging managers to heed forthcoming Ucits V rules nevertheless - not least because of sections on fines and remuneration.
15 Aug 2012
Following the downgrade of a number of major global banks, and possibly more to come, fund managers should urgently be addressing their funds' counterparty risk, warns Carne Global Financial Services.
13 Aug 2012
Hedge investor the Gottex group has sealed a partnership with America's Southport Harbor Advisors for developing the US activities of its LUMA hedge fund platform, in a westward expansion that complements nicely the group's enlargement eastwards, in Asia.
23 Jul 2012
Investors in Ucits hedge funds overwhelmingly believe in the fund of funds model for investing their vehicle type, but it is not clear they are putting their money behind them, as 40% of the products hold €20m or less.
02 Jul 2012
Switzerland has long been an offshore haven in the heart of Europe, often running money in offshore funds for anonymous clients. As such, its fund managers did not have to submit to formal regulation by their Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), while few did.
30 Apr 2012
Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan remain the most attractive destinations for global asset managers’ Ucits distribution in Asia, according to new research by BNP Paribas Securities Services and Knadel, a specialist consultancy to the investment management industry.
30 Apr 2012
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Strong demand for emerging market debt and equity assets should remain, according to experts in the field.
Events
Emerging markets, European and US equities and market volatility were all discussed at InvestmentEurope’s latest Fund Selector forum in Milan.
Jupiter Fund Management's CEO Edward Bonham Carter is among the speakers lined up for the Fund Management Summit, co-hosted by InvestmentEurope, which takes place in London 15-16 October.
