Managed funds

Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Mike Brooks from Baillie Gifford as co-lead manager on its Diversified Growth strategy, alongside Mike Turner.

Investment Quorum has unveiled a series of funds it is backing to navigate currency wars and unpredictable central bank action in 2015, said the group's CIO Peter Lowman.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is on course to win a $1m bet that the humble index tracker will produce better returns than a complex hedge fund.

How asset classes have come of age since 1995

Former Miton fund manager James Sullivan has unveiled the top 10 holdings in one of the first fund offerings from new firm Coram Asset Management, revealing significant exposure to Asia.

The core-satellite conundrum

Hermes product specialist Mike Rimmer has joined Premier Asset Management to work as part of its multi-asset team.

Miton's David Jane said an underweight to oil, currency hedging and exposure to long-dated debt has helped drive performance on his multi-asset portfolios since the start of the fourth quarter.

Investor sentiment warmed towards Japanese equities and gold in January, while attitudes to most other asset classes declined, a Lloyds Private Bank survey has revealed.

Brooks Macdonald's Mark Watson has joined Morningstar as director of UK intermediary sales.