Photo Gallery – Alternative Ucits Congress
Here you can see a selection of photos taken at the Expert Investor Alternative Ucits Congress, held in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, on 13-14 October 2016.
Ucits
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Brexit: UCITS restructuring just one of the big unknowns
UCITS products may need to be “radically restructured” should the UK vote for Brexit, law firm Hogan Lovells has said.
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JP Morgan AM moulds hedge funds into Ucits format
JP Morgan AM today launched a Ucits fund of hedge funds which is run on a managed account basis by seven different hedge fund managers. While the JP Morgan Multi-Manager Alternatives Fund is Ucits-compliant, some of the strategies it uses are not.
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Interest in M&A funds fades though takeovers reach all-time high
The record number of mergers and acquisition deals announced in 2015 hasn’t led to a sustained interest in merger arbitrage funds. Ucits-regulated M&A funds fell out of grace in the final months of the year, as they significantly underperformed their offshore peers.
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Part 1 of 2 – Only long/short funds can provide protection, says Michael Ausfelder
In a video interview with EIE’s Tjibbe Hoekstra, Michael Ausfelder of wealth and asset manager Vermögenszentrum explains why he believes alternative Ucits funds are indispensable for modern-day portfolios.
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Fund selectors, wake up and negotiate your fees!
A poll at Expert Investor Europe’s Alternative Ucits Congress in Versailles earlier this month showed that little over half of delegates negotiate the fees they pay for their alternative investment funds. Dan Kemp of Morningstar finds this figure ‘surprisingly low’, and suggests that fund selectors should attach more importance to costs.
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Alternative Ucits – you love it or you hate it
If investors use alternative Ucits funds, they prefer to allocate significantly. Some 42% of delegates at Expert Investor Europe’s Alternative Ucits Congress, held last week in Versailles, believe a medium-risk portfolio should contain more than 25% of alternative Ucits funds.
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Ucits – the right shape for a fund?
Over the past two decades or so, Ucits has become the default fund format for cross-border funds. Since the UCITS IV directive opened up the alternative space for Ucits funds in 2009, the format has become even more ubiquitous. Its dominance has even gone as far that many fund selectors have narrowed down their selection…
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Alternative Ucits – better than hedge funds?
Demand for liquid funds with a mandate to invest in derivative strategies appears insatiable in Europe, with net fund flows having exceeded €7bn each month since February. And a convincing majority of fund buyers wants to continue adding to their absolute return holdings, according to EIE’s latest data. But do these so-called alternative Ucits funds…
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Jean Charles de le Court (pt 2/2): The rise of alternatives
In part two of this interview, Jean-Charles de le Court evaluates the rise of alternative Ucits funds, and explains why they have become more attractive for him to invest in. He also clarifies why he tends to prefer a small funds with little assets under management over their established peers.
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Luxembourg UCITS emerging as global brand – ALFI’s Voss
A Luxembourg UCITS fund is becoming a recognised global brand, said Denise Voss, the new president of the country’s fund industry association.
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Jean-Charles de le Court (pt 1/2) – “Fund managers should eat their own cooking”
Jean-Charles de le Court tells EIE’s Dylan Emery how he goes about selecting managers for his ‘fund-of satellites’ strategy. He explains why he is not so much focused on volatility, but insists on managers who invest in their own funds.