Absolute Return

Raings agency Fitch has branded European Absolute Return (AR) funds "prone to performace disappointment" and "mis-selling" to unsophisticated investors.

Standard Life Investments' £8bn Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) Fund has initiated new pair trades for the third quarter in expectation of euro weakness, higher Eurozone inflation and resilient commodity prices.

Asset flows in the Absolute Return sector hold firm despite period of lacklustre performance and high correlation between asset classes

Negyal and Timberlake's stockpicking approach ensures year of solid positive performance.

Man Group has hired ex-Gartmore employee Warren Shiels as director of its UK retail business.

In the latest Conjecture debate, our panellists from Threadneedle, Western Asset, Standard & Poor's and Ignis discussed absolute returns income.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has proposed scrapping the Active, Balanced and Cautious tags and merging the Absolute Return sector into a new managed sector, in its review of the Managed peer groups.

Pictet is launching an absolute return credit fund for ex-Swiss Re managers Raymond Sagayam and Kazik Swiderski.

Schroders is converting its £380m Strategic Bond fund into an absolute return portfolio in anticipation of rising interest rates.

Insight Diversified Target Return fund is moving from the IMA Cautious Managed sector to the Absolute Return peer group to better reflect its investment process.