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 ...

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 ...

Absolute return funds, by their very nature, are unlikely to be the best performers at any given time. Because they hold various asset classes, one investment or another will detract from overall ...

Returns quoted are past performance and do not guarantee future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Investment returns and principal value will vary; there may be a gain or loss when ...

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 ...

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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors who bought into "absolute return" funds hoping to make money in relentlessly turbulent trading are instead finding their capital eroded in markets that are making a habit ...

CI Marret Alternative Absolute Return Bond Fund (CMAR.U:CA) declares $0.067/share monthly dividend. Payable Dec. 31; for ...

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 ...

Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund has delivered some of the strongest equity fund performances in the last five years, with returns ...

Investors rely on absolute return to define how an asset or portfolio performed over a certain period. Relative return is the difference between the absolute return and the performance of the market.