Absolute Return

Newly-launched IMA Absolute Return sector reaps rewards from market slide, with 23 of 26 funds achieving positive returns

Absolute return investing is the latest trend sweeping the investment world, but investors who do not have the necessary hedge fund experience need to proceed with caution...

Tiburon Partners will launch its Ucits III absolute return Green fund next month, to be co-managed by Hexam Capital joint founder John Payne.

There has been a sea change in the climate for investing in equities since the beginning of the year. In January, credit spreads were pricing in a ‘Second Great Depression', banks were bust on mark-to-market accounting and companies had shut factories...

While the ambitions of a fund manager and the beliefs of a committed Christian might seem very incongruous, one fund manager at least sees things very sees things differently

The Insight Investment Monthly Income fund and Absolute Insight UK Equity Market Neutral fund will keep their OBSR ‘A' ratings, despite the group's sale to BNY Mellon.

Quantitative risk management controls and those funds that run a deep value philosophy were especially badly hit over 12 months to 31 March

Liontrust's European Absolute Return fund has now launched, to be co-managed by Gary West and James Inglis-Jones.

Veritas Asset Management has appointed Raymond Foo as a senior analyst on its Asia team to work alongside head of Asia long-only and long/short funds Ezra Sun.

Investment boutique Newscape Capital has hired Derek Fulton, an ex-head of global closed-ended fixed income portfolios at Aberdeen Asset Management.