Qbasis Invest, the Liechtenstein-based managed futures specialist, is expanding its London marketing operation by appointing Alistair Evans as director of sales, UK – its first salesperson in the country.
Evans will concentrate on promoting Qbasis’ new exchange-traded fund, the Qbasis Futures Fund, which began trading on the Hamburg Stock Exchange on April 1. It replicates the investment strategy of the principal Qbasis managed futures fund, also called the Qbasis Futures Fund, but is accessible to retail investors.
“Managed futures are destined to grow even more now,” said Philipp Pölzl, co-founder of Qbasis, in Vaduz. “In the last two years, if you were running a portfolio, to include managed futures was a must. In 2008 it was the only asset class that did well – everything else was down. In 2009 everything else...