Alternatives

Schroders is launching a new platform for Ucits hedge funds, designed to provide easy access for the growing investor appetite in the space.

GLG Partners has launched a new fund targeting the debt of struggling UK and European companies.

iShares is offering fixed income ex-financials funds in its latest range of nine ETFs to be launched on the London Stock Exchange on Monday.

The rising price of gold simply reaffirms investor scepticism about an apparent economic recovery and places the US dollar's position as the world's leading reserve currency further in doubt, F&C's Ted Scott says.

Former RBS product head Trevor Castledine has been appointed as the new chief operating officer of Future Capital Partners.

Infrastructure is now broadly accepted as an asset class in its own right. The market certainly has scale - Deutsche Bank has recently estimated the size of the global infrastructure market at around $20.5trn.

The European Commission has published its draft directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM directive).

What have hedge funds done to navigate the maze of the credit crisis?

By building up demand, government stimulus packages focusing on infrastructure are continuing to play a significant role for commodities around the world. China and the US are leading this trend.

Bramdean Alternatives manager Nicola Horlick is the mystery bidder seeking to buy up the funds' assets.