Gartmore mulls global and Japan absolute return funds

Gartmore's next Absolute Return fund will either be a global or Japanese vehicle, to launch in Q4 thi...

Gartmore's next Absolute Return fund will either be a global or Japanese vehicle, to launch in Q4 this year, the asset manager has confirmed. The group is considering a long/short product for existing long only Global Focus fund manager Neil Rogan, who is also Gartmore's head of global equities. Alternatively, the Japanese AlphaGen Hokuto hedge fund manager John Stewart could take on a similar retail mandate. Gartmore already has three absolute return funds in the retail space, after launching Multi Manager Absolute Return last October, European Absolute Return in January and UK Absolut...