BlueBay launches EM short duration fund
Fund seeks access to broad spectrum of short-dated emerging market credit across 58 countries
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GSAM looks to short duration EM bonds
The firm’s latest fund seeks to add fixed income diversification and lower volatility
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Alternatives funds chasing ‘aspirational’ returns
Targeted absolute return recently re-emerged as the best-selling UK Investment Association sector
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Legg Mason unconstrained fund to focus on govvies
Dublin-domiciled absolute return fund will seek to navigate rising interest rates
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Hedge strategies popular despite underperformance
The long/short equity hedge sector has lost about 6.6% over the last three years, according to FE Analytics
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Neuberger EMD fund reduces currency and duration risk
The Neuberger Berman Emerging Market Debt Local Currency Fund has reduced currency and duration risk in the portfolio following underperformance against the benchmark over the last quarter.
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Investors exposed to soaring duration in Vanguard Lifestrategy
Vanguard’s £9.6bn Lifestrategy range is exposing investors to interest rate risk, as governments and corporates buying up cheap, long-dated debt skew duration in indices that the passives giant tracks.
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A strategy to tackle rise in volatility
Being long on equities, more tactical on fixed income and using derivatives is what a Spanish fund selector is doing to avoid volatility.
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Profiting from disruption to US equities – Artemis’s Stephanie Sutton
We asked Stephanie Sutton, investment director, US equities at Artemis Investment Management, about her outlook and her process
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How to spot lying company management: Jupiter’s Mike Buhl-Nielsen
We talk to Mike Buhl-Nielsen, manager of the Jupiter Europa fund – a long/short European equity fund.
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Appetite for absolute return funds falls to new low
Fund selectors are losing enthusiasm for absolute return funds. Appetite for long/short equity and bond funds as well as multi-strategy funds has fallen to its lowest point for at least two years.
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How volatile are investors in their allocation opinions?
Every quarter, Expert Investor asks European fund buyers how they intend to change their allocations. Click through the slides below to see which asset classes investors change their views about most frequently.