Managed funds

From Japan to the US via Europe and the UK, L&G Investments' multi-managers Tim Gardner and Alan Thein give their views on the global investment landscape.

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Sheldon MacDonald, senior investment manager at Architas, has named the six alternative investment funds in the Architas Multi-Asset Active fund range.

Legal & General Investments has launched a range of five risk targeted multi-asset funds with an AMC of just 0.25%, as it looks to benefit from the move by advisers to outsource fund selection.

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Nigel Cuming, CIO of Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, is considering allocating to European equities and property as equity markets continue to rally.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed North Investment Partners' Nicholas Roberts as portfolio manager for the JPM Fusion Funds, reporting to lead manager Tony Lanning.

Just 2.05% of funds achieved top quartile returns over the three years to Q2 2013, down from 4.56% from Q1, according to new research.

UK banks remain at risk of very serious problems, according to Charles MacKinnon, chief investment officer at Thurleigh Investment Managers.