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Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:

A recent survey of investor interest in UCITS funds shows that global macro and global emerging market funds are leading the pack. ML Capital Asset Management, a global aset manager, and promoter of the Montlake UCITS platform, released its quarterly ML Alternative UCITS Barometer (ML Barometer) today. The report largely tracks with similar data released by eVestment earlier this month which showed that more broadly, global macro continues to lead for both UCITS and non-UCITS funds alike.

According to the report, ML Capital surveyed a diverse range of 51 active investors in Alternative Investments, who collectively manage over €100 billion and today invest upwards of €62 billion of those assets into Alternative UCITS. Of the respondents, 57% of survey respondents seek to increase their exposure to Global Macro-Discretionary. Data from eVestment shows that so far in Q1 global macro funds have captured net inflows of $11.8bn highlighting broad investor demand in this area.

Other popular strategies include global emerging long/short and convertible arbitrage. 53% of respondents are planning to increase their allocations to global emerging long/short throughout 2012. In the equity markets, investor demand is still primarily focused in the US although there is increasing interest in the UK and Japan.

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