The new arrival on the UBP platform is the U Access Campbell Absolute Return UCITS. It seeks to provide a balanced risk-reward profile across a broad range of market conditions through systematic investments in a diversified portfolio.

Other funds available on the platform include:

 -- U Access (IRL) Trend Macro, a discretionary global macro strategy that employs deep fundamental analysis research techniques to capitalise on trends in both developed and emerging markets via investment in a range of liquid markets and instruments (fixed income, currencies, credit, equity indices);

-- U Access (IRL) Cheyne Arbitrage UCITS, an equity arbitrage strategy combining a core yield (Merger Arbitrage) component and an opportunistic (Mixed Arbitrage) element, both being anti-correlated;  

-- U Access (IRL) GCA Credit Long/Short UCITS, an actively managed long/short corporate credit strategy employing a fundamental research process;

-- U Access (IRL) Shannon River UCITS a long/short equity strategy allocating capital opportunistically and dynamically across small- and mid-cap, “mispriced growth” stocks in technology-related sectors. This mainly includes areas where disruptive technological changes have occurred, such as intellectual property, software, media, entertainment, equipment, connectivity and logistics.

Ares Management
has entererd the market with its first ESG aligned Lux UCITS range. The fund consists of the Natixis ESG Conservative, Moderate and Dynamic funds offering exposure to 14 funds from five of the group’s affiliated managers.

The funds will be managed by the multi-asset portfolio team that currently manages €57 billion of which €5.4 billion is already focused on ESG-specific mandates, the firm said. The funds will be led by Nicolas Bozetto and are currently available in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Spain, with further registrations expected in July.

Natixis head of multi-asset portfolio James Beaumont said the funds will give clients access to “a wide range of ESG strategies across all asset classes in a risk-controlled manner."