14 managers taken off funds in Insight merger

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david ballance and nicholas malins-smith are among those without funds to run

At least 14 fund managers at Insight Investment have been stripped of their portfolios, including David Ballance, David Cryer and Nicholas Malins-Smith. The portfolio changes were the final result of Insight's merging its funds team with that of Rothschild Asset Management (RAM). Eleven of the affected managers are former lead or deputy managers on Insight funds, while the other three managed portfolios at RAM. Retail managing director at the group David Norman confirmed Insight is unlikely to find roles for all the managers not included in its finalised teams but could not comme...

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