SWIP multi-manager head Mark Harries is moving back into equities, after halving his exposure following last August's sell-off.
Consistent outperformance is rare among UK retail funds, with only a handful remaining in the top quartile over five- and ten-year periods, research by Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has found.
A fund manager's age does have an effect on whether they should outperform, with those in their early 40s most likely to beat their peers, according to research from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership's(SWIP) multi-manager team.
A fund manager's age does have an effect on whether they are likely to outperform, with those in their early 40s most likely to beat their peers, according to research from Scottish Widows Investment Partners'(SWIP) multi-manager team.
Standard Life Investments' Harry Nimmo has stepped down from running the Scottish Widows HIFML UK Smaller Companies Alpha fund as the group moves the management in-house.
Discussions around what the post-RDR landscape will look like have tended to focus on cost and share classes but what of fund choice in 2013 and beyond? How many funds will remain in existence and how many providers?