Absolute Return

Sales of absolute return and short-term money market funds jumped in April, according to the Investment Association, as investors adopted a more cautious approach.

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The UK retail version of Standard Life Investments' flagship Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund has reached £25bn in assets for the first time.

The manager of the top fund in the Investment Association Targeted Absolute Return sector in 2014 is short resources companies and long annuity providers as his conviction positions this quarter.

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Schroders has re-opened Paul Marriage's Absolute UK Dynamic fund and is to shift the portfolio to weekly dealing as a result of "declining liquidity" within the UK equity market, Investment Week can reveal.

Standard Life Investments' GARS team have outlined their key themes and strategies as the £20bn fund positions for the year ahead.

Swiss fund group Syz Asset Management is bringing its institutional absolute return strategy to UK investors through its Oyster Absolute Return fund range.

Morningstar has launched a range of four real return portfolios as it further expands its discretionary management service.

Old Mutual Global Investors' Global Equity Absolute Return (GEAR) strategy is nearing its maximum "comfortable" size, according to co-manager Ian Heslop.