UCITS funds typically score well on risk management, leverage, compliance fronts, while they score poorly on documentation, reporting and transparency, notes SwissAnalytics. After analyzing several dozen UCITS-compliant absolute-return funds, SwissAnalytics recently published a paper titled: “Good UCITS – Bad UCITS; What works, what doesn’t, and the dangers of investor acquiescence”. UCITS vs non-UCITS In its paper, SwissAnalytics compared results of UCITS-compliant absolute-return funds with more traditional hedge fund structures. The research firm’s exercise iidentifies similarities and differences between these two structures which alternative investment managers and investors are currently debating. The research paper notes UCITS funds are often cited as…
Good UCITS – Bad UCITS: What works, what doesn’t, and the dangers of investor acquiescence
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Mani is a Senior Financial Consultant. He has worked in Senior Management role in large banking, financial and information technology organizations. He has provided solutions for major banking and securities firms across the globe in the area of retail, corporate and investment banking. He holds MBA (Finance) and Professional Management Accounting Qualifications. His hobbies are tracking global financial developments and watching sports