Multi-asset

Metric Property Investments, the retail property group led by three former British Land executives, raised £175m in its IPO, £25m more than initially targeted.

The Investec Multi-Asset Protector fund's protected floor has hit its initial launch net asset value after climbing over 25% since inception last year.

HSBC Global Asset Management is to launch a Ucits III European absolute return fund next month.

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European finance ministers have delayed a vote on controversial new regulations on hedge funds and private equity investments after failing to reach an agreement on proposed reforms.

Stephan Mueller believes currency hedging is a necessity, with foreign exchange movements capable of eroding metal investments overnight

Current asset allocation decisions are either very difficult, or very easy, depending on your time horizon.

Hedge fund managers running Ucits III-compliant long/short products returned 5% more than peers from the traditional long-only space over the past year, research has found.

Invesco is continuing to see signs of improvement in its troubled Property Income trust, with the vehicle's loan-to-value ratio falling from 96.1% to 93.5% over the final quarter of 2009.

John Husselbee's North Investment Partners has constructed its own structured note to effectively short government bonds across the manager's range of multi-manager funds.