Risk targeted investors should not lose sight
A new breed of multi-manager/multi-asset funds are making waves in the retail market, but with the move to risk-targeted and risk-rated could investors be sacrificing upside return potential?
A new breed of multi-manager/multi-asset funds are making waves in the retail market, but with the move to risk-targeted and risk-rated could investors be sacrificing upside return potential?
Standard Life Investments is considering the launch of a number of different multi-asset products, among which are potential variants of its popular £17.8bn Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) portfolio. However, as yet no products have been submitted to the FCA for approval.
Nick Samouilhan and Peter Fitzgerald are taking over the management of a range of Aviva Investors multi-asset funds following the departure of manager Justin Onuekwusi.
Armstrong Investment Managers has recruited Vincent Tournant as a partner and chief operating officer, alongside two other senior recruits.
Adviser network Openwork is to roll out multi-asset model portfolios and a fund of passive funds range though its investment arm, Omnis.
State Street Global Advisors has unveiled Dynamic Diversified Fund, a multi-asset vehicle within its flagship managed pension fund.
Wealth manager Coutts has launched a range of seven multi-asset funds, with management split between UK chief investment officer (CIO), Alan Higgins, and team, and Europe CIO, Norman Villamin, and his team.
Henderson Global Investors has recruited James de Bunsen for its multi-asset team following last week's announcement Tony Lanning would be leaving the firm.
James Klempster gives the positive case for the role of alternatives in a private client portfolio, benefiting as they do from a low correlation to more traditional assets.
Fund groups are pouring their resources into the multi-asset revolution, but are these funds a triumph of innovation or just another flex of their marketing muscle?
Former Insight manager Michael Pinggera has joined UK equity specialist boutique Four Capital Partners to head up a new multi-strategy proposition.
Standard Life Investments has lost three of its multi-asset team who are leaving to set up a bran new multi-asset division for Invesco Perpetual.