The first month of 2011 has already seen developments for AXA's multi-manager firm Architas, with Caspar Rock becoming chief investment officer in January.
Rock oversees the firm’s £30m Multi-Manager Dynamic and £74m Growth funds, both of which sit comfortably in the top quartile of the Active Managed sector, having garnered returns of 20% and 14.7% respectively over three years, according to Morningstar. Rock’s Multi-Manager Balanced fund also occupies a top quartile place in the Balanced Managed sector, reaping a three-year return of 15.6%. Rock attributes the success of these funds to their higher equity weightings, but says he sees most money flowing into the Multi-Manager Income fund, although the vehicle narrowly missed out on top qua...
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