Absolute Return

Many popular absolute return funds targeting low volatility are in danger of registering annual losses. What can managers do to turn around performance?

Canada Life Investments is going head to head with absolute return giants by launching a new targeted volatility strategic fund, Investment Week can reveal.

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Aviva Investors has appointed Ian Pizer from Standard Life Investments' GARS team as senior asset manager on its multi-asset team, led by Peter Fitzgerald.

BNY Mellon has moved to soft-close two of its popular absolute return vehicles - including an Insight product - after inflows soared in recent months.

New money pouring into the absolute return sector may not provide the protection investors are seeking, as data shows near-record correlations with long-only equity funds.

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Alken Asset Management has soft-closed Nicholas Walewski's Absolute Return Europe fund after the strategy experienced significant inflows.

UK investors put the most money into Absolute Return funds for over four years in January, as retail investors re-evaluated their equity exposure.

Pictet Asset Management has launched an absolute return bond fund to be managed by co-head of global and regional bonds Andres Sanchez Balcazar.