Legal & General IM is to reposition its £529m Diversified Absolute Return Trust in a move which may see it change the fund's name as well as its investment objective, Investment Week understands.
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.