Ucits

European asset manager Heptagon Capital is making Texan equity manager Yacktman Asset Management available to UK investors for the first time with the launch of a Ucits version of the Yacktman US Equity fund.

ETFs

Cazenove is re-opening Absolute UK Dynamic on 4 January after a period of outperformance, which saw the fund recover losses suffered this year.

Pictet Funds is launching an environmental fund based on its thematic approach to investing.

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The listed hedge fund sector looks set to contract as trusts face continuation votes and many are wound up, despite taking action to narrow their discounts.

Investors in exchange-listed hedge funds should expect higher returns than for unlisted funds to compensate them for the extra risks they are taking.

It may be one of the best explanations yet for why the global financial crisis occurred: genuine relationships got processed away in what became an industrialisation of the investment business, says Elizabeth Corley, Europe CEO of Allianz Global Investors...

Aberdeen Asset Management is planning to launch a UK-domiciled version of its $373.6m Emerging Markets Bond Sicav.

As regulators attempt to place more controls on short positions, analysis shows interest in UK banks is on the wane