Risk-profiling pioneer Phil Morse passes away

One of the early pioneers of multi-manager investing and risk profiling, Phil Morse, has passed away after a short illness.

Morse (pictured) cut his teeth in the industry at Sun Life, where he pitched wealth management products to the IFA community. He then moved to Skandia in 1997, starting out in international marketing, where he made a significant impact on product development as well as the launch of a trust company. He stepped across to investment marketing, where he was at the forefront of many new industry initiatives: the expansion of MultiPEP's fund range, the launch of Multifundshop - the first truly online fund supermarket for IFAs, and the introduction of USelect - the first stochastic asset al...