Suzi Edwards, senior manager in the Deloitte Stamp Tax Consultancy, examines the potential success of the proposed UK contractual fund against its European competitors for UK stamp tax purposes.
Pictet Asset Management has launched a global government bond fund that will invest according to an issuer's fundamentals rather than by region.
Barclays Capital is to launch an onshore version of its Radar fund in February 2012, Investment Week understands.
RWC Partners is converting its UK hedge fund Pilgrim into a UCITS product to compete with the likes of BlackRock's UK Absolute Alpha fund in the retail market.