Firms Launch Absolute Return Fund

Natixis Global Associates (NGA) has launched a multi-strategy, absolute-return fund in conjunction with AlphaSimplex Group (ASG): Natixis ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund (DSFAX).

A news release said the fund follows a risk-managed absolute-return strategy and is managed by Andrew W. Lo. The fund is designed to provide absolute returns with diversification benefits, while also offering daily liquidity, transparency, and volatility controls.

“The largest source of risk in many investors’ portfolios is equity market risk,” said Lo. “We designed this fund to answer a broad-based need for portfolio diversification with low to negative long-run correlation to the major equity markets within a liquid and transparent mutual fund vehicle.”


More information is available at www.ga.natixis.com.

Huntington Introduces Three Asset Allocation Funds

Huntington Funds said it has introduced three Asset Allocation Funds, advised by Huntington Asset Advisors, Inc. (HAA), a subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated.

The new funds are: the Huntington Conservative Allocation Fund (HCAFX), Huntington Balanced Allocation Fund (HBAFX), and Huntington Growth Allocation Fund (HGRFX).

Huntington Asset Allocation Funds utilize a tactical asset allocation strategy, allocating specific percentages of each of the underlying funds to the portfolios based on their performance objectives and risk characteristics, an announcement said. Allocations are reviewed regularly and adjusted to take advantage of opportunities Huntington strategists see in the market.

“The fund of funds concept used by the Huntington Asset Allocation Funds helps investors of all sizes diversify their investment portfolios,” said Randy Bateman, president of HAA and chief investment officer of Huntington National Bank. “The fund of funds design brings together the collective expertise of nearly all our fund managers.”


More information is available at www.huntingtonfunds.com.

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