ossiam and ftse group join forces
Natixis-owned Ossiam announced today it has teamed with FTSE Group to launch a minimum variance-based ETF using a specially designed index.
Natixis-owned Ossiam announced today it has teamed with FTSE Group to launch a minimum variance-based ETF using a specially designed index.
Meteor Asset Management has announced the release of its latest tranche of FTSE-based structured products, with a bias towards income for yield hungry investors.
Lazard Asset Management has launched the Global Controlled Volatility Fund, a long-only strategy designed to achieve market-like returns with 20% to 40% less volatility than its benchmark.
Deutsche Bank has announced the launch of the DB Platinum IV Fortinbras Prism Index, a long/short Ucits strategy which aims to capture trends in fixed income, interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity markets.
Baring Asset Management has announced the launch of a Global Mining Fund for ex-BlackRock vice president Clive Burstow, who rejoined the firm in June.
The outlook for the investment trust sector in 2012 is mixed and if market conditions remain challenging discounts should be expected to widen further, according to analysts at Winterflood Investment Trusts.
Regulators are under pressure to make their stance on ETFs clear this year as in 2011 they spent lots of time just “talking about it”, says Michael John Lytle managing director at ETF provider Source.
Anthony Bolton’s Fidelity China Special Situations Fund is a “leap of faith” with an uncertain future, according to Morningstar, which cited the fund’s investment into two fraudulent companies last year as a key area of concern.
HSBC Global Asset Management has created a sterling share class for six of its emerging market funds to make them accessible through platforms.
The latest figures from Lipper show European investors shunning their own bonds and looking across the Atlantic for dollar-denominated propositions.
Cazenove’s multi-manager fund range has introduced a new share class with a 0.5% annual management charge.
Baring Asset Management has bowed out of the Absolute Return space by merging Colin Harte’s Absolute Return Global Bond Trust into Andrew Cole’s Multi-Asset Fund.