Lyxor eyes China funds, plans pan-Asia Ucits product

Lyxor is considering putting China strategies back on its hedge fund platform, eyeing macro and multi-strategy products and planning to launch its first pan-Asia Ucits vehicle, amid a promising start to 2017 for hedge funds. The French asset manager offers a dozen Asia-based hedge fund managers on its managed-account platform or for direct investment out of more than 100 on the global approved list. That is on the low end of the spectrum historically, though Asia managers would us…