Updated about 2 months ago

Alternative UCITS Absolute Market Intelligence Report: Q2 2025

The report consolidates all of our sector knowledge and data into a single reference piece, which is designed as a go-to resource for those seeking intelligence on this universe of funds. The document looks at the universe from a number of angles including fund popularity, performance, and flows.                                                                                                                                 

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Updated 2 months ago

Flash Update: Trend Following

Recent years have brought an unusually turbulent market environment, marked by disruptive macro forces and heightened uncertainty. This has challenged trend-following strategies, leading to short-term underperformance. However, we remain confident in their long-term value within diversified portfolios.                                                                                                                 

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Updated 4 months ago

Private Equity Primer

Private Equity is often considered the ‘grandfather’ of private market strategies and began to take its modern form in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The recent ‘democratisation’ of Private Markets, together with the growing use of evergreen fund structures, makes Private Equity a particularly interesting asset class that demands deep expertise and specialist knowledge.

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Strategy Research
  • Flash Update: Trend Following
  • Private Equity Primer
Industry Research

Strategy

Funds AUM
Equity Long / Short 125 24%
Credit 87 17%
Multi Strategy 63 12%
Macro 49 10%
Market Neutral 47 9%
Managed Futures 38 7%
Multi Asset 35 7%
Event Driven 33 6%
Volatility Arbitrage 28 5%
Commodities 6 1%
Multi Asset £41.3b 22%
Credit £38.8b 20%
Equity Long / Short £28.1b 15%
Multi Strategy £19.5b 10%
Market Neutral £19.5b 10%
Macro £18.6b 10%
Volatility Arbitrage £8.8b 5%
Event Driven £7.6b 4%
Managed Futures £7.0b 4%
Commodities £335m 0%

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