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Alternative UCITS: Annual Review 2020

Performance for the alternative UCITS universe as a whole was positive in 2020, with the AH Global UCITS index gaining 2.3%. Almost 70% of the funds we track on our database posted a positive absolute return for the year, whilst a number of 'all-weather' funds were able to deliver positive returns in all four quarters of 2020.

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Quarterly Fund AUM Report - December 2020

Our quarterly AUM report highlights the funds seeing the largest AUM changes in each strategy. Featured funds this quarter include: BlackRock Global Event Driven, Nordea 1 Alpha 10, Ruffer Total Return, H2O Adagio, LFIS Vision UCITS Premia and the JPM Global Macro Opportunities fund.

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Top Funds Last 30 Days

1M
LF Brook Absolute Return Equity Long / Short 17.2
Odey Swan Equity Long / Short 16.0
Algebris Financial Equity Fund Equity Long / Short 13.7
Liontrust GF European Strategic Equity Equity Long / Short 11.1
Arcus Japan Long/Short Equity Long / Short 10.7
Hadron Alpha Select UCITS Event Driven 10.7
Charlemagne OAKS Emerging and Frontier Opp... Equity Long / Short 10.5
LF Brook European Focus Absolute Return Equity Long / Short 9.4
MontLake AlphaQuest UCITS Managed Futures 8.6
Majedie Tortoise Equity Long / Short 8.5

Top Funds Year to Date

YTD
Odey Swan Equity Long / Short 21.2
Arcus Japan Long/Short Equity Long / Short 16.2
Hadron Alpha Select UCITS Event Driven 15.9
Odey Special Situations Equity Long / Short 13.2
Prosper Stars & Stripes Equity Long / Short 13.1
KLS Ionic Relative Value Arbitrage Fund Multi Strategy 12.8
Algebris Financial Equity Fund Equity Long / Short 11.8
Majedie Tortoise Equity Long / Short 11.5
Lupus Alpha All Opportunities Fund (C) Equity Long / Short 10.2
BNP Paribas Environmental Absolute Return ... Equity Long / Short 10.1

Largest New Launches (12M)

AUM
Ambienta X Alpha Equity Long / Short £357m
CIFC Long/Short Credit Fund Credit £235m
MontLake SHARP UCITS Fund Multi Asset £125m
Fulcrum Equity Dispersion Fund Volatility Arbitrage £118m
Pictet TR Aquila Market Neutral £118m
BNP Paribas Environmental Absolute Return Thema... Equity Long / Short £103m
Fulcrum Thematic Equity Market Neutral Market Neutral £96m
Brummer Multi Strategy UCITS Multi Strategy £95m

New Fund Profiles
Carmignac Portfolio Alpha Themes
Uploaded 7 days
Natixis - Loomis Sayles Alternative Risk Premia
Uploaded 8 days
AERA Fund SICAV Global Asset Strategy
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Alkimis Capital UCITS
Uploaded 9 days
BDLCM Funds - Durandal
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BDLCM Funds - Rempart
Uploaded 9 days
BlackRock SF Global Equity Absolute Return
Uploaded 13 days
Waverton Absolute Return
Uploaded 16 Feb 2021

UCITS Universe AUM

31 December 2020
£208.7b -5% YOY

Strategy

Funds AUM
Equity Long / Short 165 27%
Multi Strategy 87 14%
Credit 86 14%
Market Neutral 68 11%
Macro 67 11%
Managed Futures 42 7%
Multi Asset 37 6%
Event Driven 32 5%
Volatility Arbitrage 16 3%
FX 6 1%
Commodities 5 1%
Macro £41.8b 20%
Multi Asset £38.5b 19%
Equity Long / Short £34.4b 17%
Credit £31.0b 15%
Multi Strategy £24.0b 12%
Market Neutral £13.8b 7%
Event Driven £10.7b 5%
Managed Futures £5.4b 3%
Volatility Arbitrage £4.6b 2%
FX £1.1b 1%
Commodities £473m 0%

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