Alternative UCITs Growing At Phenomenal Pace In Europe

European hedge funds could be major beneficiaries of expected volatility, with some 52% of respondents to a recent ML Capital Asset Management survey saying they are planning on raising exposure to the alternative asset category.

Trend in UCITs Growing

The 13^th edition of the quarterly ML Capital Alternative UCITS Barometer, published in the Opalesque UCITS publication, polled 60 institutional investors who collectively manage almost $95 billion “and today invest upwards of $20 billion into Alternative UCITS reflecting the widening of the investor base for regulated alternative products in Europe.” Those respondents range from insurance and pension funds to private banking institutions and financial advisers.

"Hedge funds managed to...