SWIP launches first MM funds

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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.

The two absolute return offerings will be run by a team led by former Cazenove managers Mark Harries and Simon Wood. The Diversity fund will be able to tap into a wide range of asset classes and geographic regions, including fund of hedge funds and commodities. Meanwhile, the Select Boutiques fund will have exposure to UK and international equities. SWIP multi-manager distribution head Bernard Henshall says investors are increasingly looking at fund of funds as they have difficulty monitoring and analysing a large number of offerings. “As fund analysis and asset allocation can be outsou...

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