Morgan Stanley has partnered with France-based Longchamp Asset Management and La Française AM. The former specialising in the distribution of UCITS hedge funds, while the latter is a multi-specialist asset manager in alternative investments.

Through this collaboration, Morgan Stanley, Longchamp and La Française AM will provide investors with access to new alternative UCITS sub-funds. Currently, three funds have already been jointly selected and seeded by La Française AM: the MS Turner Spectrum UCITS Fund, the MS Dalton Asia Pacific UCITS Fund and the MS TCW Unconstrained Plus Bond Fund.

“We continue to believe in alternative investments as a perfect solution for investors as long as you can provide them with transparency, liquidity, and an attractive pricing. It’s exactly the aim of this partnership,” said Patrick Riviere, managing director of La Française.

The sub-funds will be launched on Morgan Stanley’s solutions platform FundLogic, which was launched in 2006. The platform currently holds 20 funds, with a total of $1.6 billion in assets under management as of 26 September 2013.