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  • Continued upturn in hedge fund performance

    Continued upturn in hedge fund performance

    Hedge fund returns continued on an upward trajectory in January, as equity-exposed strategies and funds of hedge funds posted the highest returns for a number of months.

  • Positive short term outlook for UK equities

    Positive short term outlook for UK equities

    Fund managers are optimistic about UK equity returns in 2013, despite remaining cautious about economic growth and recovery, a study by Towers Watson reveals.

  • Bond Fund braced for volatile 2013

    Bond Fund braced for volatile 2013

    Emerging market debt and liquid assets are the order of the day for Legg Mason’s Global Multi Strategy Bond Fund as the manager prepares for a volatile 2013 in credit markets.

  • aquila capital targets risk parity bond strategy

    aquila capital targets risk parity bond strategy

    Aquila Capital has announced its intention to launch a Risk Parity Bond Strategy for investors looking to diversify and counterbalance their exiting fixed income exposures.

  • Lost decade for equities

    Lost decade for equities

    UK equities remain a force to be reckoned with despite a degree of negative sentiment towards the market, according to both fund managers and pickers.

  • Quarterly dividends increasingly common

    Quarterly dividends increasingly common

    Around a quarter of Association of Investment Companies' (AIC) members now pay quarterly dividends, research conducted by the body reveals.

  • Three funds added to Multi Asset Open

    Three funds added to Multi Asset Open

    Fidelity has added three new funds to the two already in its Multi Asset Open range.

  • Seymour Pierce bought out by WH Ireland

    Seymour Pierce bought out by WH Ireland

    WH Ireland has acquired the private wealth arm of Tenebris, Seymour Pierce, in a deal worth £25,000.

  • morant wright taken off oyster japan

    morant wright taken off oyster japan

    Syz Asset Management has appointed Japan equities guru Joël Le Saux to manage its institutional and retail strategies in the region, replacing Morant Wright at the helm of its Oyster Japan Opportunities Fund.

  • RLAM launches two new high yield funds

    RLAM launches two new high yield funds

    Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) is launching two new Ucits-compliant global high yield fixed income funds.

  • Four funds added to  Omnis range

    Four funds added to Omnis range

    Openwork has unveiled details of four new funds ahead of the forthcoming launch of a multi-asset model portfolio range.

  • lombard odier combines fixed income teams

    lombard odier combines fixed income teams

    Lombard Odier has merged its global and emerging bond teams as it no longer sees the skills required to invest in the different regions as distinct.