Ucits

CIO Plamen Monovski tells Katie Holliday about his firm's ‘Indiana Jones' approach to investing and his ambitious plans to grow the business.

GLG is to soft-close its Dublin-domiciled European Equity Alternative fund, run by the group's co-founder Pierre Lagrange, less than a year after it launched.

WEALTH MANAGERS

BOUTIQUE FOCUS

Ben Gutteridge, director, fund research at Brewin Dolphin, urges investors to stick with long/short strategies despite their recent run of disappointing performance.

THE BIG QUESTION

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.

RESEARCH

PASSIVES

Pictet Asset Management has launched a global government bond fund that will invest according to an issuer's fundamentals rather than by region.