Multi-manager

One in two financial advisers plan to boost their multi-manager (MM) exposure in 2008, research suggests.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) will host a nationwide multi-manager roadshow next month.

F&C is stressing the importance of fund manager selection after its research showed just 12 funds out of 245 in the UK All Companies sector were able to outperform the median return in each of the past five years.

Standard Life has added Thames River's multi-manager range run by Gary Potter and Rob Burdett to its mutual funds platform FundZone.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has made its first foray into the fund of funds market with the launch of the Multi-Manager Diversity and Multi-Manager Select Boutiques funds.

Advisers must not take the "lazy" asset allocation route and simply put faith in multi-manager options, Parmenion Capital Partners warns.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed Bernard Henshall as multi-manager sales director to develop the firm's new fund of funds business.

Skandia Investment Management Ltd (SIML) has added Schroders' Japan Alpha Plus fund to its MultiManager Japanese Equity Blend fund.

Skandia today launches a new investment arm pooling together all its multi-manager business.

Paul Ilott, formerly communications manager at Bates Investment Services, is to join Fidelity as investment communications consultant for its MultiManager Business for both retail and institutional channels.