Big Interview: How Baring AM is positioned for post-RDR world

At a time when many fund groups are consolidating their fund ranges, Baring Asset Management has come to the market with three brand new funds this year.

The house, whose history can be traced back to 1762, has been rumoured to be retreating from the UK retail industry for some time. However, a number of fund recent fund launches targeting this area of the market would suggest it has other plans. As well as launching an Emerging Market Corporate Debt fund, a Mining fund and China Bond fund, the group has also been marketing its £268m Multi-Asset fund and $1.3bn High Yield Bond fund, playing directly into adviser demand for multi-asset solutions and regular income post RDR. Marino Valensise, CIO at the firm since 2007, said: "The income...