Investment
Schroders launches first liquid distressed fund
Schroders has launched its first liquid distressed fund, providing access to a new hedge fund within the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) framework.
Alternatives | 7 Mar 16
BlackRock launches factor-based absolute return Ucits
BlackRock has launched a style-factor driven multi-asset absolute return fund in a bid to provide investors with new sources of positive absolute return.
Alternatives | 4 Mar 16
BNPIP Equity World Aqua gets new sterling share class
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has launched a sterling share class for its L1 Equity World Aqua Fund in response to greater demand from UK institutional and wholesale clients.
Alternatives | 4 Mar 16
Financing the energy revolution: the role of loan funds
Craig Reeves, founder of Prestige Asset Management gives his view on how loan funds, a relatively new type of asset class, can benefit from government subsidies for rural energy schemes.
Fixed Income | 4 Mar 16
ANALYSIS: High time for high-yield, the US equity substitute?
Those who believe that ‘risk-on, risk-off’ is consigned to the past look away now, with record inflows into US high-yield indicating that sentiment has shifted once again to the spicier end of the fixed income spectrum.