Unigestion launches long / short strategy following success of first factor fund
Unigestion, the boutique asset manager with scale that focuses on guiding its clients with risk-managed investment solutions, today announces that the second of the two factor funds created in collaboration with its client Railpen, announced in January this year, has now (...)
BlackRock expands sustainable ETF range with the launch of two new iShares
BlackRock announces the launch of two sustainable equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to address growing investor demand for long term, socially-responsible investments. These funds broaden the firm’s ESG and impact product offer that includes active funds, index funds and (...)
Jupiter launches pioneering multi-asset ecology fund
Nearly 30 years after launching one of the first funds to focus on environmental investing, Jupiter brings another pioneering product to market with the launch of The Jupiter Global Ecology Diversified SICAV fund. The new Fund invests across the asset class spectrum and is (...)
CNP Assurances ranks among the top 50 global private equity institutional investors. Starting in September 2016, the Group’s high net worth customers will be able to benefit from the longterm performance potential of private equity class and ensure the liquidity of their (...)
Amundi ETF offers a complete range of mono factor exposures at competitive pricing with two newly launched ETFs
Amundi ETF completes its mono-factor range on the MSCI Europe index by listing on Euronext Paris two new Quality and Momentum risk-factor ETFs. Amundi ETF’s comprehensive range of mono-factor exposures on European equities is offered at competitive ongoing charges of only (...)
Monthly European ETF Market Trends - August 2016 in brief
European ETF Market flows slowed in August 2016. NET NEW ASSETS (NNA) during this month amounted to EUR4.7bn, still 21% above the one-year monthly average level. Total Assets under Management are up 7% vs. the end of 2015, reaching (...)
Market movements related to the new Fed guidance had a differentiated impact on hedge fund strategies. CTAs underperformed last week as a result of their long fixed income and short USD positions. Meanwhile, Global Macro managers (...)
September Market Catalysts in Store for Hedge Funds
This week was uneventful for most hedge fund strategies amid low trading volumes, few market catalysts and limited changes in risk assets’ prices. The Lyxor Hedge Fund index was flat. Merger Arbitrage and Global Macro funds were the two (...)
The Lyxor Hedge Fund index was up a healthy +0.7% since the beginning of August, with progress in most strategies, supported by the positive performance of risky assets. The Bank of England’s activism and the Brexit timeline getting pushed back contributed toward easing (...)
European ETF Market flows reached a 2016 record high in July
Net New Assets (NNA) during this month amounted to EUR8.2bn, more than twice the year to date monthly average level. Total Assets under Management are up 5% vs. the end of 2015, reaching EUR474bn, and including a limited market (...)