Asset Allocator's Soapbox: Whitechurch

Whitechurch Securities has added to the Investec Emerging Markets Debt fund in its core fixed income portfolio. The adviser firm has taken a 12.5% position in Peter Eerdmans’ £632m fund in its Monthly High Income vehicle, which is split between eight holdings. The fund has also been added as a standard 5% weighting to Whitechurch’s prestige service for higher net worth clients who are seeking greater income with more risk tolerance. Senior analyst Ben Seager-Scott says Whitechurch likes Investec’s higher risk strategy on the fund and the fact it makes active currency plays. He says: “Eme...