Alternative UCITS: How are fund managers dealing with challenging market conditions?

Three alternative fund managers reveal their strategies for navigating uncertain markets and the tools they are using to deliver performance in a low-return environment.

Justin Abercrombie, head of quantitative equity products and manager, Schroder ISF QEP Global Absolute fund What is the fund's investment objective? How could it work in a client's portfolio? The QEP Global Absolute fund is built on the team's other successful strategies, adding the freedom to implement our best ideas on both the long and the short side. The fund aims to deliver uncorrelated, diversifying absolute returns through alpha generation with low equity market beta. The fund has demonstrated capital protection during times of heightened market volatility and drawdowns (+6% v...