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World's first leveraged loan ETF will launch on New York Stock Exchange...
Powershares expects leveraged loan ETF to appeal to mutual funds, hedge funds and individual investors.
Specialist structured products house Front Capital expanded its horizons last year to include a mutual fund business for investors struggling to know where to put their money but it still offers warrants...
Diversified investing is not the way to achieve returns and investors should avoid broad market exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and anything structured, according to hedge fund Noster Capital
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AK Asset Management's Turkish delight
Now three years old, Akbank subsidiary AK Asset Management was a prime mover in structured products in Turkey and has notched up 24 funds and assets under management of more than 7.2 billion Turkish lira. Rebecca Hampson talks to Tolon Aydos, the firm’s...
Alceda wraps real assets into its structures
The solid reputation garnered by Ucits-compliant funds over the past 20 years makes them extremely attractive to investors. As Luxembourg positions itself as a leading distribution hub for mutual funds, Alceda Fund Management expects to benefit from interest...
Chinese investors get access to international physically backed gold...
Lion Fund Management has launched its first mutual fund after receiving a QDII license. Investing in gold-backed exchange-traded funds, the fund is the first of its kind in China.
The indexes that are bridging the gap between active and passive investing...
Algorithmic indexes are attempting to bridge the gap between active and passive investing, but can the two approaches really merge? And will fans of active strategies be persuaded that passive investing is the way forward? Clare Dickinson reports from...
Indian regulator tightens derivatives rules
Sebi has banned mutual funds from writing options and placed prudential limits on the amount of derivatives investments that can be made by mutual funds in the country in a bid to tighten regulation
Haitong debuts RMB mutual fund in Hong Kong
The head of Hai Tong Asset Management in Hong Kong, which debuted the financial centre’s first renminbi mutual fund, says he expects an offshore renminbi convertible bond to emerge in Hong Kong and believes Beijing will approve a ‘mini-QFII’.
Aviva to launch mutual fund-structured product hybrid
Aviva is launching a fund in the US that operates as a cross between a mutual fund and a structured product, combining liquidity and capital protection
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