Long/short equity strategies are falling out of favour in the alternative investment space, while global-macro and CTA strategies are set to continue their rise in popularity, according to ML Capital Asset Management.
Polar Capital has appointed Ton Tija to establish a European Market Neutral franchise for the group.
Kames Capital has poached three team members from specialist property multi-manager ING REIM as part of its continued transition following the rebrand from Aegon Asset Management.
F&C’s retail business saw net inflows during the third quarter, despite the group reporting outflows, due to a focus on targeting IFAs with multi-manager products it said today.
Rory Smith says optimism surrounding European progress towards a ‘grand plan’ to deal with the debt crisis is premature, and further tests are yet to come.
Coutts & Co has announced the appointment of Jean-Maurice Ladure as global head of quantitative solutions.
Jacob Robbins will replace Premier Asset Management’s CIO Mike Jennings at the helm of the Global Alpha Growth Fund.
iShares has announced the launch of a global equity ETF offering exposure to companies from up to 45 developed and emerging markets.
Since the onset of the global financial crisis, the role of the Australian dollar (AUD) and its correlation to global markets has changed markedly the AUD is now less positively correlated with global share market movements and commodity prices.
Old Mutual has announced a newly created role for Paul Feeney, who recently departed BNY Mellon Asset Management as head of international distribution.
High yield bond funds saw their biggest weekly inflow on record last week as investor confidence received a boost and risk was put back on the table.
The European ETP market saw outflows slow in September, with single country ETFs and commodity ETPs generally in favour and regional and sector-specific products less loved.
