Scott Spencer has left specialist investment boutique Berkeley Fund Managers to join Credit Suisse Asset Management's multimanager team.
Barclays is in the process of moving some £4.5bn in assets to a manager of manager proposition.
Insight's multi-manager range is now available to an extra 1.7 million people as sister company Clerical Medical have opened access to seven of its funds to bond and pension clients.
A service targeted specifically at IFAs is being launched by Reuters Lipper to provide data and analysis on over 14,000 funds and investment news.
The FSA will next month reveal further details of the "basic advice" regime which is now being implemented from April 2005.
James Hughes has been appointed portfolio manager for AXA Multimanager, responsible for researching and selecting managers of UK Equities, UK Fixed Income and European Equities funds.
Norwich Union's unfettered fund of funds (Fof) range exposes investors to double taxation on dividends.
IFA firm Portfolio Optimiser are launching a portfolio construction tool putting intermediaries on competitive footing with fund of funds managers.
National Savings and Investments has just confirmed its Guaranteed Equity Bond cannot now be included as part of a SIPP investment, following discussions with the Inland Revenue.