Learn what an absolute return fund is and why the sector has been criticised by the regulator. Understand how to measure risk and performance of absolute return. Comprehend how the fees are charged.

While investors may have hoped absolute return funds would hold up relatively well in the drama of the sell-off, just one in four funds managed to produce positive returns, Morningstar Data reveals.

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has launched the Threadneedle (Lux) Global Investment Grade Credit Opportunities fund. The strategy, which will be managed by Alasdair Ross and Ryan Staszewski, will ...

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 ...

Absolute return funds have gone through the mire in recent years. Once populated by behemoths such as the abrdn Global Absolute Return Strategy (GARS) and Invesco Global Targeted Returns funds, both ...

Absolute and relative returns are two terms that are frequently used in the investing world to evaluate performance, make investment decisions, and conduct operations in general. These two terms have ...

ARCO Investment Management (ARCO) has launched its daily-priced Absolute Return Fund, in response to investor feedback on its long-established Australian equities. The company said it saw several ...

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 ...