Standard Life Investments is planning to launch a fixed income version of its popular Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) fund.
The group says it is talking to the market to gauge appetite for the proposed fund. "As a provider of innovative investment products, Standard Life Investments is always looking to enhance its offering to clients," the group says. "We have had tremendous success with our Global Absolute Return Strategies fund and are examining whether there would be similar demand for an absolute return bond strategies fund. "This is in the early stages of development and as such we are unable to provide more details at this point." GARS was launched in May 2008 at the height of investor appetit...
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