Citi Quilter considers absolute return launch.

Investment Adviser;  September 29, 2008 ;     459 words ......one of the first onshore funds of absolute return funds as the Treasury continues to mull...the cost of investing in a fund of absolute return funds when he considered fees on absolute return funds to be high to start with. Total expense...

Absolute return funds fail to make the grade.

Investment Adviser;  April 23, 2007 ;     311 words ...performance Absolute return funds have not produced consistently...he had reduced the number of absolute return funds he recommended. He explained...client who is happy with that. Absolute return funds are something we do not use...

News: Investors warned of absolute return risk.

Pensions Week;  April 14, 2008 ;     321 words ......the growing popularity of absolute return funds, due to concerns about manager...market for each asset, for absolute return funds the risk lies largely with...economic reasoning behind some absolute return funds are highlighted by Rob Treich...

Dispelling the myths surrounding absolute return funds.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  April 20, 2008 ;     167 words ......to be as many as 12,000 absolute return funds around the world as of April...their investment skills. Absolute return funds have attracted some bad...cent of their portfolio to absolute return funds, and this percentage is...

Absolute return funds differ from the index.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  September 26, 2005 ;     155 words ......ABIX via COMTEX) -- Absolute return funds are arguably the complete...the performance of an absolute return fund is largely based on the skill of the manager. Absolute return managers attempt to reduce...return. Fees charged by absolute return funds are ...

Absolute return funds can be hit - and miss Funds that target a specific...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  September 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ......how should people approach absolute return funds? The sector only launched...this next generation of absolute return funds has a much better chance...Insight Investment, says: "Absolute return funds usually divide into two...

SLI plans absolute return fund.

Investment Adviser;  November 12, 2007 ;     263 words ......retail version of its Absolute Return fund. The group is exploring...next year. Its Global Absolute Return Strategies fund was launched...highly successful global absolute returns offering for...Lansdown, said: I find absolute return funds a very interesting idea...am ...

SWIP absolute return funds.(Product of the month)

What Investment;  October 1, 2006 ;     460 words ......SWIP) has launched three absolute return funds, the Absolute Return Macro...buy and hold' approach, absolute return funds have greater scope to use...scope to use derivatives. Absolute return funds aim to provide upside growth...

Cazenove aims to push absolute's popularity.(absolute return funds)

Financial Adviser;  May 3, 2007 ;     397 words ......to raise the profile of absolute return funds Absolute Returns Product...targeting advisers with absolute return funds in a bid to increase the...Not many managers have an absolute return mindset but the ones we...

L&G launches global macro absolute return fund.

Investment Adviser;  October 27, 2008 ;     351 words ......first global macro retail absolute return funds to take bets on the current...UK-domiciled Diversified Absolute Return trust is unconstrained...It is L&G's first retail absolute return portfolio. L&G said it...Since the IMA created the absolute return sector, ...

What goes up ... doesn't have to come down: absolute-return funds promise...

What Investment;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......collective investment. The key to these absolute return funds was the recent European legislation known...Bestinvest, says that there are two types of absolute-return funds. True absolute return funds invest in equities and can go long and...

Special Report: Target Returns - Target return funds offer next silver...

Investment Adviser;  November 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......has been target return funds that have captured...simplicity Target return funds are a straightforward...strive for an absolute return regardless of...way for target return funds from Credit Suisse...by bears Target return funds are a product...economy and ...

Bond total return funds to increase.

Investment Adviser;  June 6, 2005 ;     285 words ...Demand for absolute return fixed income funds will continue to grow while traditional...Amro. Daniel James, manager of the ABN Amro AGBP82m Absolute Return Bond fund, said: Investors are increasingly looking...has also been a crop of mixed equity and fixed income absolute return ...

Credit Agricole AM launches three absolute return funds.

Financial News;  June 18, 2003 ;     220 words ...Byline: Ben Wright Credit Agricole Asset Management has launched three absolute return funds in the wake of calls from investment consultants to their clients to reduce the assets they allocate to benchmarked funds.The three...European investment practice at investment consultant Watson Wyatt, suggested ...

Strategy Selection: Absolute Return Strategies - Transparency brings...

Financial Times Mandate;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......resulted in increased interest in absolute return strategies among institutions across...world. By getting rid of benchmarks, absolute return managers are free to exploit return...their managers. There is no doubt that absolute return strategies have a role to play in...