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Strong February inflows have driven Thames River multi-managers Gary Potter and Rob Burdett past the milestone £100m inflow mark.

Hargreaves Lansdown is launching a multi-manager Strategic Bond fund seeking out high yields from a range of bond vehicles.

T. Bailey is making a strong push in 2009 to offer third party investment and administration services to a number of IFA firms.

M&G is rolling out a Global Emerging Markets Equity fund with a focus on valuation over economic growth.

Passive funds consistently underperform both the index they are tracking and the average actively-managed fund over the long-term, T. Bailey claims.

Credit Suisse multi-manager duo Graham Duce and Aidan Kearney have significantly upped exposure to cash across their portfolios, believing that any market rally this year is likely to be short lived.

Three prominent multi-managers have fallen victim to restructuring and are set to be replaced.

Peter Botham has outlined a change in focus for Brown Shipley's Solus multi-manager portfolios, which has taken place since he joined the firm as chief investment officer in April.

Lighthouse Group has announced that Seven Investment Management (7IM) is joining its LighthouseCapital programme, which offers advisers an end-to-end investment process and greater influence over funds under advice.

T. Bailey's Growth and Cautious Managed portfolios have been made available via Skandia's life and pensions fund range.