Multi-asset

Skandia has given its Ethical fund an environmental focus in an effort to boost sales.

Hedge funds and asset managers will be caught by the EU-led crackdown on bankers' bonuses, it emerged last night.

Threadneedle absolute return and currency managers Peter Allwright and Stuart Frost are to join RWC as the firm continues its recruitment drive.

Thames River's multi-manager team has reached £500m of assets under management and is adding 20 new IFA firms a month to its client list.

Barclays Capital's Research Analysis Driven Absolute Return (RADAR) fund has introduced an exposure to US equities, reflecting the group's bullish view on the market.

SECTOR ANALYSIS: PROPERTY

Architas' Caspar Rock has restructured the Asian equities portion of his £64m Multi-Manager Growth fund to smooth returns.

OPM Fund Management has bought its second reverse convertible product in two weeks, to benefit from volatility in the share prices of property companies.

F&C is launching its first open-ended real estate fund as it faces losing the mandate for its £617m F&C Commercial Property trust (FCPT).

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