Santander to target IFAs with UK fund duo

Currently, Santander's fund suit is only available through tied advisers, but the group plans to target the IFA market once it has completed the integration of Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley. Marketing director Rob Askham says the funds, run by Richard Moore and Hak Salih, have become the group's key strengths since they were brought in-house in July 2007. "These are two of our core UK funds and they now have significant scale and attractive long-term performance," Askham says. "They operate in very popular sectors, and would be highly attractive to a broad base...