Graphic of the Day: UCITS Share of European Hedge Fund Launches

From Eurekahedge   The percentage of UCITS launches showed an upward trend between 2008 and 2011, as the post-financial crisis period created a healthy demand for regulated investment products from investors. Furthermore, the need to strengthen Europe’s overall financial system also made a strong case for managers to opt for a UCITS brand. Even though the percentage […] Read more »

BlueBay’s Discipline, Flexibility and Team Depth Highlighted By Fitch

By Hedge Fund Insight staff   Fitch Ratings has just released its views of the Absolute Return Funds of London-based BlueBay Asset Management – BlueBay Investment Grade Absolute Return Bond Fund (IGARF) and BlueBay Investment Grade Libor Fund (IGL). BlueBay is a specialist credit asset manager with AUM of USD59.1bn at end-March 2015 (USD28.3bn in investment grade […] Read more »

Absolute Hedge UCITS Strategy Review for 2014 – Winners & Losers

By Georg Reutter and Matthew Barrett of Kepler Partners   Below we review each sub-sector in the Absolute Hedge universe, identifying the most important players and notable performances last year.   Managed Futures After several years of poor or disappointing returns, Managed Futures were the standout sector in 2014. The sector got off to a […] Read more »

UCITS Hedge Funds – Fund Raising Winners

By Kepler Partners LLP   Having previously focused only on alternative UCITS strategies with a UK registration, to reflect the increasingly global nature of alternative UCITS we have expanded the universe we analyse to include all alternative UCITS funds regardless of their domicile. By the end of 2013 the alternative UCITS sector now controls over […] Read more »