Absolute Return

Philip Gibbs' new Jupiter Absolute Return vehicle has become the most successful launch of 2009, taking in more than £244m in its fund raising period.

Blacksquare Capital is launching a fund of absolute return funds in the New Year.

Hugh Hendry's Eclectica will launch its new absolute return fund on 31 December.

Absolute return funds aim to make a gain in every market condition but not all of these vehicles operate in the same way, making it vital for advisers to understand how they are constructed.

Occam Asset Management, jointly founded by former Thames River Capital founder Jonathan Hughes Morgan, is to launch a Ucits III Asian Absolute Return fund next month.

L&G Diversified Absolute Return co-manager Ben Gill expects more groups to enter the global macro space

Jupiter is offering investors in Philip Gibbs' Financial Opportunities fund free switching into one or both of the manager's new Ucits III funds, which will launch ahead of schedule on 14 December.

The youthful absolute returns sector has had a meteoric rise in popularity, but what does absolute return actually mean?

Insight's Ireland-domiciled currency fund has delivered returns of 13.1% over one year by buying and selling against the market trends

Is the growing number of absolute return funds a knee-jerk reaction to a fear of relative return products after market volatility? Will absolute return strategies prove their worth in good times as well as bad?