Multi-asset

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Parmenion has created a range of seven risk-graded multi-asset funds in collaboration with Frontier Investment Management.

Crispin Odey has taken his stake in BSkyB to its "highest level" ever, according to Odey CEO David Stewart, as the broadcaster's share price continues to fall.

Now, who would have thought it? After being regarded as second rate citizens by many hedge funds leading up to and after the crunch, retail investors now hold the main remaining key to accessing some of the world's most sought-after managers.

GLG has bought its flagship European long-short hedge fund, managed by GLG co-founder Pierre Lagrange, to the UK market.

Central banks have pulled 635 tonnes of gold from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in the past year, the largest withdrawal in more than a decade, the FT reports.

Guy Morrell, head of multi-manager at HSBC Global Asset Management (UK), and manager of HSBC Open Global Property fund, examines how recent volatility has affected the commercial property sector.

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.

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