Updated 8 days ago

New launch: KLS Niederhoffer Smart Alpha UCITS

Kepler have partnered with R. G. Niederhoffer Capital Management to launch the KLS Niederhoffer Smart Alpha UCITS fund, which is due to launch in July. The fund will employ a short-term managed futures strategy that trades 16 global fixed income and FX markets. For more information please contact [email protected]

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Updated 18 days ago

Value Investing & Alternative UCITS

Historically, value stocks have reliably outperformed growth stocks by a substantial margin. However, in recent years value’s underperformance has been unusually protracted and larger in magnitude than at any other time in history. Should this trend reverts, there remain a number of credible options in the UCITS universe.

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Updated about 2 months ago

New launch: KLS Ionic Relative Value Arbitrage

Kepler have partnered with Ionic Capital Management to launch the KLS Ionic Relative Arbitrage Strategy fund, which is due to launch in June. The strategy is focused on identifying and exploiting relative value arbitrage opportunities across asset classes. For more information please contact [email protected]

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UCITS Universe AUM

31 March 2020
£196.7b -21% YOY

Strategy

Funds AUM
Equity Long / Short 188 34%
Credit 83 15%
Multi Strategy 72 13%
Market Neutral 71 13%
Macro 70 12%
Managed Futures 46 8%
Event Driven 38 7%
Multi Asset 37 7%
Volatility Arbitrage 15 3%
FX 7 1%
Commodities 5 1%
Macro £43.3b 23%
Multi Asset £35.3b 18%
Equity Long / Short £30.4b 16%
Credit £28.3b 15%
Multi Strategy £20.5b 11%
Market Neutral £15.0b 8%
Event Driven £10.4b 5%
Managed Futures £5.9b 3%
Volatility Arbitrage £4.3b 2%
FX £685m 0%
Commodities £339m 0%

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