Multi-asset

Towergate Financial has launched its active multi-asset portfolios (MAPs), to be managed by Cazenove Capital.

Cost and value were the central factors in the active or passive debate 15 years ago and it is much the same today, the major difference being that funds find themselves in competition with their own peers rather than each other

Happy 15th Birthday, Investment Week! My how time flies… By coincidence it is also 15 years since we founded our multi-manager team at Rothschild.

A diverse range of unconventional assets is available to investors unimpressed by the returns available conventionally

Multi-manager firm FundQuest is looking to launch a new fund to capitalise on growing number of Ucits III vehicles arriving from the hedge fund space.

HSBC is considering launching a global fund of passive funds as a low cost alternative to its actively-managed vehicle.

Thames River Capital is launching a Ucits-compliant European Real Estate Equities fund for the end of March.

GLG Partners is set to roll out a Ucits III version of the group's flagship long/short UK Alternative fund.

Over the last few months I have been spending a fair bit of time talking absolute returns with some of the best fund managers in the business.

The traditional areas of the property market have taken a beaten over recent years, however there are still opportunities to be found within the asset class, it is just a case of looking at the more niche areas