Multi-manager

Royal Liver is planning to launch a range of multi-manager investment funds early in 2008.

Jim Horsburgh, chief executive of the £1.5bn Witan global growth investment trust, has announced his decision to retire by the AGM in 2009.

Skandia Investment Management Ltd (SIML) has launched a new Global Emerging Markets Equity fund in response to demand from financial advisers.

Ex Credit Suisse multi-managers Rob Burdett and Gary Potter officially join Thames River Capital this week to head up its long-only multi-manager team.

Credit Suisse plans to scrap its regional multi-manager funds and launch a Multi Asset Distribution fund in a shake-up of its multi-manager range.

Multi-manager is a growing business for European distributors, according to research by Fidelity International.

Rob Burdett and Gary Potter's successors on the Credit Suisse Multi-Manager Constellation fund have already sold five funds in a bid to make the portfolio more concentrated.

Providers are set to broadcast the benefits of multi-manager products at a series of roadshows in September.

Credit Suisse Asset Management has moved to shore up its multi-manager arm with the appointment of Graham Duce as head of its UK multi-manager platform.

Defaqto has produced its first quarterly guide on multi-manager investing for IFAs.