Managed funds

Charles Hepworth, investment director in charge of the DFM proposition at GAM, has revealed five new additions and fund switches in the group's model portfolios.

Scott Jamieson's Kames Inflation Linked fund is set to change its benchmark and investment objective, and will move from the IMA Mixed Investment 0%-35% Shares sector to the Specialist sector.

Invesco Perpetual's David Millar, Dave Jubb and Richard Batty - who joined the group from SLI this year - have revealed eight key investment ideas they are pursuing across the multi-asset portfolio at their new firm.

Peter Fitzgerald, head of multi-asset retail funds at Aviva Investors, has named five hidden gem funds that add value to his portfolios, and which cannot otherwise be easily accessed by retail investors.

Liontrust Asset Management is to acquire North Investment Partners, appointing founder John Husselbee, as well as former LV = manager Paul Kim, to run its first multi-asset proposition.

Jupiter's Neil Carter has warned advisers against products that over-diversify investments in a bid to fit the mould of modern portfolio theory and regulation.

MULTI-ASSET

Ewout van Schaick, head of multi-asset strategies at ING Investment Management, has opened a position in commodities across his portfolios for the first time in a year.

Philip Collins has joined Sarasin & Partners to run multi-asset portfolios for the group.

David Jane, founder of Darwin Investment Managers, has shared his top picks for a diversified portfolio amid growing fears investors are becoming too concentrated in some sectors.