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Morningstar has launched a range of four real return portfolios as it further expands its discretionary management service.

The launch of a new fund research service from City Financial has sparked a debate over the future expansion of the sector in the face of changing demands from advisers.

City Financial has launched its own fund research service - The Adviser Centre - to help financial advisers select funds for portfolios.

Richard Romer-Lee's recently launched consultancy firm Square Mile Investment Consulting & Research is set to launch a ratings service and a recommended fund list.

Richard Romer-Lee's Square Mile consultancy has poached another research analyst from Morningstar OBSR as head of risk based solutions research.

S&P Capital IQ Fund Research has prepared users for the possibility the business will be wound up at the end of Q1, presenting an opportunity for others in the space.

Richard Romer-Lee has made two more appointments to his new consultancy firm Square Mile Investment Research.

Zurich UK Life has appointed Richard Romer-Lee's new consultancy firm to help with the launch of a new investment fund proposition for its intermediary platform in the coming year.

Duncan Goodwin, manager of the Martin Currie Global Resources fund, is to leave the firm at the end of the year.

City Financial plans to launch an independent fund research service in the spring for Peter Toogood and Gill Hutchinson.