Christows takes on Franklin

Christows will seek to expand its multi-manager offerings after hiring David Franklin, Quilters' managing director of retail funds division, to develop its unitised business. Franklin, who developed Quilters' multi-manager platform, has also taken over as manager of Nick Greenwood's stable of three offshore funds of investment trusts. Greenwood is still with the group, which said his role is being reviewed. The group, which is a private client stockbroker with existing branches in Bournemouth, Exeter and London, is to launch an onshore UK Oeic in the coming weeks. This will be used a...