MM funds core for 1/3 IFAs

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MULTI-manager funds are used as core holdings by 38pc of IFAs who use the products, according to a new survey by Fidelity International.

Nearly half of advisers (47pc) use multi-manager funds for all clients where suitable, while over a third (38pc) advocate using multi-manager funds as a core holding, with specialist funds as satellites. The survey found the majority of advisers who responded (82pc) use multi-manager funds, with nearly all of those who do (98pc) expecting the extent to which they use the funds to either continue or increase. Almost a third (33pc) of advisers use multi-manager funds for a quarter to half of the business they do, while nearly a quarter (22pc) use multi-manager funds for more than half o...

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