Absolute Returns

Resolution Argonaut's forthcoming Absolute Alpha fund is to be seeded with approximately £20m from newly-formed Ignis Asset Management.

Gartmore Investment Management is set to launch its European Absolute Return fund for managers Roger Guy and Guillaume Rambourg.

Gartmore is proceeding with plans to roll out a suite of absolute return funds, the inaugural launch being a European offering.

Despite some big-name launches, the latest swathe of funds launched into the IMA Absolute Returns sector have engendered little excitement among advisers.

As many target return funds struggle to meet their goals, Catherine Neilan examines the challenge presented by the target return concept.

Henderson Global Investors is bringing to market its Absolute Return Fixed Income OEIC, the latest launch in its multi-strategy fixed income proposition.

This time last year the sun was still metaphorically shining on the world's financial markets with the FTSE skirting its year's highs and minimal downside risk priced into markets.

Thinking about what should constitute the core of a portfolio has changed radically, encouraging investors to look away from domestic equity and find their focus elsewhere. But in which alternative directions should they look? Cherry Reynard investigates...

Sarah Godfrey talks to BlackRock UK Absolute Alpha lead manager Mark Lyttleton about longs, shorts and why investors should get over their fear of derivatives

Oliver Russ, Fund Manager, Argonaut European Income Fund. Oliver discusses the performance of his pioneering European Income Fund in its first year since launch on December 15 2005. He highlights the benefits of investing in European equities and takes...