Absolute Return

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?

Legg Mason has launched a Global Absolute Return fund managed by its hedge fund specialist affiliate Permal.

With a plethora of new product launches, the Absolute Return sector is a ripe hunting ground for investors seeking to cash in on the cyclical popularity of the peer group

T. Rowe Price is launching a Luxembourg-domiciled Global Fixed Income Absolute Return fund.

Newly-launched IMA Absolute Return sector reaps rewards from market slide, with 23 of 26 funds achieving positive returns

Absolute return investing is the latest trend sweeping the investment world, but investors who do not have the necessary hedge fund experience need to proceed with caution...

Tiburon Partners will launch its Ucits III absolute return Green fund next month, to be co-managed by Hexam Capital joint founder John Payne.

There has been a sea change in the climate for investing in equities since the beginning of the year. In January, credit spreads were pricing in a ‘Second Great Depression', banks were bust on mark-to-market accounting and companies had shut factories...

While the ambitions of a fund manager and the beliefs of a committed Christian might seem very incongruous, one fund manager at least sees things very sees things differently