ALTERNATIVE UCITS KNOWLEDGE CENTER

LUXHEDGE MONTHLY BENCHMARK INDICES

Global Alternative UCITS

Last week : 1 Aug : -0.06% YTD : 3.15%

Equity Hedge

Last week : 2 Aug : -0.42% YTD : 0.99%

Fixed Income Alternative UCITS

Last week : 3 Aug : -0.09% YTD : 3.29%

Event Driven & Merger Arbitrage

Last week : 4 Aug : -0.48% YTD : 3.02%

Macro

Last week : 5 Aug : 0.99% YTD : 6.88%

Multi Asset Alternative UCITS

Last week : 6 Aug : -0.13% YTD : 3.71%

Diversified Strategies

Last week : 7 Aug : -0.14% YTD : 3.24%

Equity Long/Short

Last week : 8 Aug : -0.67% YTD : 2.17%

Equity Long/Short AP

Last week : 9 Aug : 0.50% YTD : 7.27%

Equity Long/Short Europe

Last week : 10 Aug : -0.20% YTD : 1.60%

Equity Long/Short Global

Last week : 11 Aug : -1.20% YTD : -0.64%

Equity Long/Short US

Last week : 12 Aug : -0.73% YTD : 7.83%

Equity Market Neutral

Last week : 13 Aug : 0.14% YTD : -1.23%

Rates Long/Short

Last week : 14 Aug : -0.21% YTD : 1.53%

Credit Long/Short

Last week : 15 Aug : -0.05% YTD : 3.42%

Absolute Return Bonds

Last week : 16 Aug : -0.06% YTD : 3.77%

Discretionary Macro

Last week : 17 Aug : -0.19% YTD : 4.55%

CTA & Managed Futures

Last week : 18 Aug : 3.19% YTD : 14.03%

Currency Trading

Last week : 19 Aug : -0.15% YTD : 1.65%

Commodity Long/Short

Last week : 20 Aug : -1.63% YTD : -1.25%

Alternative Risk Premia

Last week : 21 Aug : -0.66% YTD : 2.05%

Multi Asset Long/Short

Last week : 22 Aug : 0.38% YTD : -0.43%

Multi Asset Absolute Return

Last week : 23 Aug : -0.05% YTD : 4.99%

Volatility Trading

Last week : 24 Aug : -0.47% YTD : 1.14%

Multi Strategy & Multi Manager

Last week : 25 Aug : 0.07% YTD : 4.21%

Alternative Fund of Funds

Last week : 26 Aug : -0.26% YTD : 2.65%

NEWS

Alternative UCITS continue to perform well in 2019
Most Alternative UCITS funds are having an excellent 2019 sofar. The LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index posted a gain of +0.95% in June, bringing year-to-date results for the average fund up to +...
26 July, 2019
ESG Alternative UCITS space slowly growing
With a world of investing that is increasingly focused on Environmental, Social and Governance criteria, it was only a matter of time before ESG Alternatives took off. 2019 has seen a few new funds la...
25 July, 2019
Lyxor adds a new Quant market Neutral strategy to Alternative UCITS platform
New York-based Academy Investment Management will manage a new strategy on Lyxor’s Alternative UCITS platform. The fund will use quantitative models to invest in global equity markets in a market-neut...
10 July, 2019
IAM adds a second new launch to its Alternative UCITS platform this year
IAM has announced the launch of a new volatility trading UCITS fund that will be managed by True Partner Capital. The IAM True Partner Volatility UCITS fund will follow a relative value volatility tra...
02 July, 2019
Alma Capital takes over DWS Hedge Fund UCITS platform
Alma Capital Investment Management has entered into an agreement with Deutsche bank to acquire DWS’s Hedge Fund UCITS business which provides investors with access to liquid alternative investment str...
17 June, 2019
Bridgewater strategy will become available as an Alternative UCITS on Lyxor platform
The Lyxor Alternative UCITS platform has seen some strong growth in the past 2 years with both organic growth of assets in the funds and a continuous launch of new strategies on the platform. Lyxor an...
05 June, 2019
Alternative UCITS continue to edge higher
After a strong first quarter of the year, most Alternative UCITS funds continued to edge higher in April. The LuxHedge Global Alternative UCITS Index posted a gain of +0.58% last month, bringing year-...
16 May, 2019

ARTICLES & RESEARCH

Why consider a Multi Strategy approach in the current environment?

An unprecedented period of central bank intervention has provided a strong tailwind to risk assets of all kinds. Equity market returns have had a remarkable run with exceptionally low volatility and b...

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Opportunities and Limits of using Artificial Intelligence within Asset Management

Artificial intelligence can lead to new investment ideas, more robust portfolio allocations and has the potential to benefit the entire spectrum of an asset management company’s value chain

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INTERVIEWS

Tarek Saffaf, Fund Manager, Greiff PARAGON UI
"Liquid Alternatives will continue to play an increasingly important role in the future."...
Manuel Kalbreier Investment Director Wellington
"Multi strategy alternatives are designed to protect portfolios in the current environment by offering diversification, volatility dampening and lovely correlated return streams."...
Wolfgang Bauer, Fund Manager, M&G Absolute Return Bond Fund
"We feel the risk-return profile of credit is still more convincing than that of interest rates currently, but the relative preference is starting to narrow."...
Philippe Sarreau Fund Manager PTR-Corto Europe Pictet Total Return Equities
"With central banks leaving the arena, active long/short managers with strong strategies will make the difference and earn money for their clients."...