QCM entering the retail market with Ucits III version of global hedge fund

Quality Capital Management (QCM) is pushing into the retail market with the launch of a Ucits III version of its managed futures hedge fund.

QCM is adding a retail share class to its Luxembourg-domiciled DB Platinum IV QCM GDP Index fund. It aims to reflect the returns of QCM’s flagship Global Diversified Programme by buying a total return swap based on it from Deutsche Bank. QCM says it could make the fund more widely available by placing it on other platforms.  At present, however, it can be accessed through Deutsche Bank’s DBSelect platform. It has dollar and euro share classes with a sterling share class set to be added in response to demand. Aref Karim, QCM’s chief executive says: “We are a systematic macro manager ru...