FTAdviser latest:Investment view: Advisers clash over multi-asset due diligence

Story by: Nick Rice, Investment Adviser

Advisers have clashed over the level of due diligence they need to perform on a multi-manager or multi-asset portfolio following a massive discrepancy in returns last year.

  • Time published: 14:09
  • Date published: 02.07.2009
  • Published in: Investments

Ignis considers further asset classes for Maia portfolios

Ignis Asset Management will look at new products and more active asset allocation for the Maia range to differentiate it in a "crowded marketplace", according to its sales and marketing director.

  • Date published: 02.07.2009

Harder to call difference between markets - Burdett

Major markets have started to move closer together making it more difficult to identify where top returns will come from in the immediate future, according to Rob Burdett, fund range manager for Thames River Capital.

  • Date published: 02.07.2009

Investment view: Pay packets a catalyst for Maia

Pay packets proved a key catalyst in the dissolution of Maia Capital Partners, one of its remaining managers has said, after shareholder Ignis Asset Management retained him to run the funds for it in-house.

  • Date published: 01.07.2009

Ignis ends joint venture with Maia Capital

Ignis and Maia Capital Partners have agreed to terminate their fund of funds joint venture, prompting Maia partners Chris Ralph and Jason Collins to leave the business.

  • Date published: 01.07.2009

Midas merges iimia Oeics under Miton umbrella

Midas Capital is retaining the iimia brand on just a single retail fund after bringing its four iimia Oeics under the Miton umbrella.

  • Date published: 01.07.2009

LVAM funds go live on Cofunds

LV= Asset Management's aggressive expansion into the retail market was given a further boost today (1 July) after it was confirmed that LVAM's multi manager funds will be added to the Cofunds platform.

  • Date published: 01.07.2009

OPM moves portfolio to high-yield end

Mixed-asset multi-manager OPM Fund Management has moved its Fixed Interest portfolio towards the high-yield end of the credit spectrum, as investment-grade bonds move downwards with gilts.

  • Date published: 29.06.2009

Multi-manager: We can expect an end to dual pricing

At the time of writing I am, like many others in the industry, eagerly awaiting the publication of the newly-named Retail Distribution Implementation Programme with a mixture of interest and trepidation.

  • Date published: 29.06.2009

Former Insight duo set up multi-asset firm

Two former Insight Investment multi-managers have formed a new multi-asset management business aimed at filling the gap between traditional and alternative managed funds.

  • Date published: 25.06.2009

Features

Analyst: Way Group

Way Group sales and marketing director Eddie O'Gorman talks to Stephen Wilmot about building the company's service infrastructure

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 15.06.2009

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Analyst: City Financial

City Financial chief executive Andrew Williams talks to Nick Rice about the workings of a multi-boutique

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 08.06.2009

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Expert View: Avoid the pitfalls of fund selection

How to choose a multi-manager fund efficiently

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 01.06.2009

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