29 Aug 2010
Pictet to launch environmental UCITS fund of funds
Pictet Funds has announced this week it is launching Pictet-Environmental Megatrend Selection, a euro denominated UCITS-III compliant fund…
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Fund spotlight: Fidelity’s FAST Europe 1 EUR ACC Newcits
This year, in the traditional equity L/S strategy category one fund has stayed consistent: Fidelity International’s Fidelity Active…
Diversity is the key to FundLogic Alternative says Morgan Stanley’s Sadique
As investors continue to see the benefits of UCITS, so the number of platforms to facilitate fund growth…
SEB's fund of hedge funds arm to launch first Newcits offering
UK-based fund of hedge funds firm, Key Asset Management, is joining forces with one of its owners, Scandinavian bank SEB, to launch its…
27 Aug 2010
Distribution potential drives Newcits growth
Ireland is seeing the establishment of an increasing number of ‘Newcits’ – Ucits funds that pursue alternative investment…
Alternative Ucits: valuable innovation or short-term fad?
PRO * Tried and tested structure with strong global brand* Regulation, transparency and liquidity meet investor concerns PRO * Tried and…
Managed accounts – the Newcits solution
Hedge fund managers were never going to stay away from new distribution channels for long, especially ones with the promise of onshore…
Regulatory upheavals prompt alternative Ucits boom
There are questions about their suitability for retail investment, their ability to deliver long-term performance has yet to be proven,…
Critics question long-term appeal of ‘Newcits’ funds
Even as the growth of ‘Newcits’ funds in the marketplace accelerates, concern has been growing about their limitations and potential…
Scipion appoints Centaur Fund Services for fund administration
Scipion Capital, a frontier market investment firm, has appointed alternative investment firm Centaur Fund Services to take over the fund…
26 Aug 2010
Deutsche Bank launches SuperX algorithm for dark pool trading in Hong Kong
Deutsche Bank has this week launched a dark liquidity-seeking algorithm, SuperX
Value Partners’ profits fall 21 per cent YoY for 1H10
Hong Kong-based Value Partners Group, recently voted Asia’s leading hedge fund with USD5,654 million in AuM, has…
Tora report reveals large algorithmic slippage in Singapore
Tora, the Asia-focused market leading provider of advanced trading, technology and liquidity services, has this week released a Transaction…
Nikko AM hires Blair Pickerell as Head of Asia in new Hong Kong office
Tokyo headquartered Nikko Asset Management, one of Japan’s leading asset management firms, announced on Wednesday the appointment of Blair…
India’s Reliance Industries in infrastructure hedge fund talks with DE Shaw
Mumbai-based Reliance Industries, India’s largest private sector company, is understood to be engaged in talks…
