Articles and Features

Forward Management has launched the Forward Endurance Fund (FENIX), an equity mutual fund that seeks growth and positive absolute returns by investing both long and short in companies affected by disruptive technologies.  »

RBC Global Asset Management has launched four specialty fixed income mutual funds, sub-advised by BlueBay Asset Management. The funds are available to institutional and high-net-worth investors in the United States. »

ML Capital will be launching two new UCITs funds this quarter on the MontLake Platform. As well as the the launch of the Goldwinds Global Macro UCITS Fund on 13 February – as previously reported in a Hedgeweek exclusive on 29 January – ML Capital is also due to launch the RP Systematic Emerging Market UCITS Fund on 1 March.  »

First Eagle Investment Management (FEIM), a privately held asset management firm, is launching High Yield Fund, the firm's first new fund launch in over ten years. Managed by Edward Meigs, CFA and Sean Slein, CFA, the high yield strategy can be accessed through an institutional separate account or a registered mutual fund. »

Global assets under management of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) increased for the third year running in 2011 to a record USD4.8 trillion, according to TheCityUK’s report: Sovereign Wealth Funds 2012. »

Notz, Stucki & Cie SA, the Geneva-based asset management firm with USD7.5 billion of assets under management, has selected Bahrain as the location for its regional office for the Middle East.  »

Investment management firm Portfolio Solutions has surpassed USD1 billion in client assets under management (AUM). Portfolio Solutions now ranks among the top two per cent of US registered advisors that manage client assets in excess of USD1 billion. »

Stratton Street Capital LLP has added of two further currency classes to its Renminbi Bond Fund – the offshore Renminbi (CNH) and the Swiss Franc (CHF). »

RBC Global Asset Management has made three new funds – BlueBay Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund, RBC US Mid-Cap Value Equity Fund and RBC US Small-Cap Core Equity Fund – available for purchase by individual and institutional investors in Canada. »

Knight Capital Group subsidiary Astor Asset Management's mutual fund, the Astor Long/Short ETF Fund (ASTIX), has been added to the 401(k) platform at Paychex, Inc. »