Data crunch: Absolute return and flexible fixed income strategies have been hugely popular with UK pension schemes in recent years, for a variety of reasons. While some schemes turn to these ...

Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. cut its stake in shares of First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF (NASDAQ:FAAR – Free Report) by 30.9% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent ...

Much of the confusion about what an absolute-return portfolio is arises from the rather cavalier way that some of these funds are labeled. Many funds are advertised as absolute-return plays simply ...

Given the latest market run, I am getting a lot of questions about chasing returns and individuals comparing themselves to the S&P 500 index. The flaw of human nature is that whatever we have is ...

The London Borough of Haringey Pension Fund has agreed to convert nearly half of its equity allocation from a passive fund into a multi-factor global strategy. It has also recently trimmed an ...

Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund returned 1.62% and the FTSE 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index returned 1.09%. Income from short-duration corporate credits and a narrowing of spreads between ...

There is no doubting the sector of the moment, and a closer look at the Investment Association’s overhaul of its fund sales figures shows the popularity of absolute return strategies is more ...

Absolute return funds’ macro focus has been called into question after a 12-month period in which equity markets experienced a serious drawdown that hit returns for the grouping. Recent data from ...

The investment seeks a high level of total return that is consistent with preservation of capital. Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its investable assets (net ...

Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System, Des Moines, is searching for several managers to run absolute-return strategies. The $45.3 billion pension fund is seeking proposals from managers of absolute ...