Mutual-fund companies looking to attract investors are betting on the words “absolute return.” Twelve absolute-return funds have begun since the start of 2010, according to Chicago-based research firm ...

All underlying fund holdings added to absolute return. Within equities, US large-cap and US value equities posted the largest ...

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 ...

*Returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes a shareholder may pay on an ...

The fund has returned 8.46 percent over the past year and 10.54 percent over the past three years. Absolute return funds aim to deliver positive returns through various market cycles via a strategy of ...

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Institutional investors such as pension funds, which pulled out of equity and hedge fund-like products during the financial crisis, are showing signs of a robust return as ...

Absolute return funds – the somewhat misnamed 100 or so funds that fall loosely into the Investment Association’s Targeted Absolute Return sector – have fallen on difficult times. These funds, which ...

The idea of an absolute return, as opposed to a relative return that strives to beat a benchmark, is a wonderful idea and something that all money managers should be striving for. But in adopting the ...

Absolute Return funds typically retain a significant position in equities throughout the market cycle, and so end up proving not to be the uncorrelated asset class clients expect, according to Charles ...

LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Absolute return funds could be turning into Europe's next investment mis-selling row. Sign up here. As freefalling equity and bond markets ravage people's savings, private ...

When does "absolute" imply something that in reality is far less than certain? When it comes to absolute return funds. That's the label mutual fund companies have put on hedge fund-style products that ...