Aviva Irl BlackRock European Absolute Return Strategies Fund

Recent market volatility has meant many Irish investors are searching for ways to increase the value of their portfolio steadily without taking on unduly high risk. With this need in mind, we partnered with BlackRock, the pioneers in absolute return investing and one of the world’s largest fund managers, to launch the Aviva Irl BlackRock European Absolute Return Strategies Fund, a European equity fund that aims to deliver positive returns in rising and falling markets. This fund invests in shares in the BSF European Absolute Return Strategies Fund.

Reasons to invest

• Aims to deliver positive returns regardless of the European market environment. The Fund takes advantage of the wider investment powers permitted under UCITS III to generate positive returns in both falling and rising markets.
• Ideal proposition for investors seeking lower risk. The Fund is designed to have a risk profile more typical of various bond sectors, while generating steady equity-like returns. The Fund is likely to underperform traditional long-only funds during a strong bull market, as it is not designed to take the level of market exposure that these funds have. Conversely, it aims to minimise market impact and provide positive returns when equities are falling.
• A diversification tool - The Fund aims to be uncorrelated to equity markets and other traditional asset classes and targets a beta close to zero.