Ucits

Discretionary fund managers are facing growing pressure to standardise managed portfolio fees as the FCA considers warning advisers against using any service where costs are not clear.

BNY Mellon Investment Management has launched the BNY Mellon Absolute Insight fund, a UCITS product for European investors which mirrors the £692m Absolute Insight fund.

Fund groups are set to come under fresh pricing pressure ahead of the ‘death' of AMCs, JP Morgan Asset Management's Jasper Berens has said.

City Financial's Mark Harris has increased exposure to India following the election, despite concerns over the prospects for emerging markets if developed economies continue to wind up stimulus packages.

‘Newton is not a one-trick pony’

36 South, the hedge fund whose ‘Black Swan' vehicle returned 200% in 2008, plans to launch a UCITS version of its long-volatility structure for investors concerned with the current market environment.

As a fully paid up Englishman, I probably have no right to sound off about Scottish independence - although that has not stopped the Prime Minister or some bosses of DIY companies, so why should it stop me?

Fund buyers are struggling to find funds which are inversely correlated with equity markets as they try to protect portfolios against a potential correction.

Groups back latest cost proposals but performance fees escape new rules

Could debt funds be an alternative to high yield?