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FUNDS of hedge funds have survived the Amaranth debacle showing strong returns in the final quarter of 2006, according to S&P.

INVESTORS are likely to be able to access F&C Investments' closed-ended, event-driven fund of hedge funds by late May.

BARING Asset Management (Barings) has applied for distributor status for its range of three multi-asset fund of funds portfolios, making them more appealing to the UK market.

IFA firm Buckles Investment Services is planning to launch an absolute return sub fund as part of its Snowdonia OEIC at the end of 2007.

Researcher and funds data provider Lipper Fizrovia says UK multi-manager funds come with total expense ratios (TERs) ranging from below 1.5% to more than 3%.

THE Government has moved to address industry concerns that offshore multi-tiered fund of funds' rules are overly complex.

Forsyth Partners has converted its Dublin Oeic funds of funds (Fofs) into Ucits vehicles, in order t...

Fund of funds take-up has risen dramatically in the last 12months and is now an integral part of the retail investment sector, suggests the IMA's annual research.

France's Cofingest Finances is planning to launch an off-the-shelf fund of fund product by year's en...