The introduction of exchange-traded funds that are cheap, transparent and easy to trade has heralded a recent explosion in the number of different types of strategies available to the investor.
Mark Lyttleton is probably the one name that comes to most people's lips when describing a successful, popular implementation of an explicitly absolute return strategy. His fund's record is of consistent positive net of fees returns through the market...
Duo's Thames River Distribution vehicle beats peer group, gaining 20.2% over one year
Gartmore's Roger Guy and Guillaume Rambourg have delivered returns of more than 10% since launching the European Absolute Return fund a year ago.
Net retail fund of funds sales totaled £3.9bn last year, almost four times the 2008 figure and the highest ever recorded.
Aegon Asset Management is set to launch its first UK absolute return fund by the end of Q1.
Is now the time to stop buying emerging market and commodity funds and to start taking profits? Why adopt this strategy in the face of a considerable argument in favour of these sectors?
Tim Russell is one of the stars of Cazenove's hugely successful move into mainstream fund management - he manages a small stable of hedge funds and Ucits III absolute return mandates all focused on making money through the business cycle. Unlike his closest...
Aegon has launched a global absolute return fund targeting investors seeking global macro exposure.
The Newton Cautious Managed fund will waive its initial charge until the end of May, following a move to the IMA Cautious Managed sector under new manager Simon Nichols.