20 Feb 2012
Shifting from long/short to long-only absolute return in 2009, Frontier’s Kung and Phillips play to their strengths in the regional small/mid-cap market
02 Feb 2012
Alternatives are a core strategy to meet future pension benefits at SBCERA, which at 65 is not yet ready to retire
02 Feb 2012
At a time of great uncertainty, many consultants see the 15-year old Alternative Investment Group as something of a ‘safe’ choice
02 Feb 2012
BNP Paribas Investment Partners launches strategic foray into growing investment solutions market
26 Jan 2012
The investment strategy will be pragmatic at all times, cutting emotion out of the investment process as much as possible
26 Jan 2012
US-based systematic trading veteran extends reach into Europe and Asia and rolls out innovative new strategies
26 Jan 2012
Former Alfred Berg equity broker Sten Berggren’s fledgling event-driven fund has completed its first year of trading with a strong return in a generally poor year for European event-driven strategies – and the manager is confident that his views on Nordic companies will continue to bear fruit in 2012
20 Jan 2012
All the hard work has paid off for the Australian firm that roots all its funds in strict risk management while giving managers the freedom to diversify
20 Jan 2012
Shirish Saraf, CEO and deputy chairman of Samena Capital, explains why the SAMENA model works in today’s changing world
05 Dec 2011
UK-based manager finds a way to give ‘honest’ returns after fees and costs
05 Dec 2011
UK PLC offers cash for revenue-share deals as managers look for capital without giving up control
28 Nov 2011
Priyanthan Kodeeswaran from RWC Partners talks to Absolute UCITS editor about the strategies behind his long/short global equity fund.
25 Nov 2011
Backed by nearly €500 million of money from its Dutch insurance company parent, the well-performing Hague-based firm is now looking to attract other investors for its market-neutral and model-based European equity approach
25 Nov 2011
Despite launching into the onset of the global financial crisis and then facing the impact of the ‘Arab Spring’ this year, frontier market specialist Insparo has racked up an impressive track record over its first three years with its unique multi-strategy equity and debt approach to investing in some of the world’s most value-rich and fastest-growing, but also most volatile, financial markets
25 Nov 2011
The opportunity set in European credit is growing fast as the continent’s debt crisis goes from bad to worse
25 Nov 2011
The Boston & Alexander Number One fund – now backed by Dutch pension group APG’s IMQubator seeding vehicle – has generated an impressively consistent and uncorrelated track record through a topsy-turvy time for convertible and arbitrage managers since its launch back in January 2004