Ucits

ASSET TV INTERVIEW

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

London's RWC Partners says it will launch Ucits variants of each new hedge fund it establishes as long as the strategy meets key criteria.

The IMA is calling for the introduction of a new type of fund structure it says will send out a "strong signal" the UK is serious about providing cross-border funds, ahead of the introduction of the new UCITs IV Directive.

The asset management industry has mixed feelings about the long-term threat exchange traded funds pose to index-hugging unit trusts and Oeics

The downturn caused investors to move away from relative returns and resulted in a wave of new funds. Despite once being considered a flight of fancy absolute returns have proved they are here to stay