Hawksmoor splits off fund management arm

Separating team from private client side

Hawksmoor has separated its fund management arm from the wider private client business as it seeks to broaden awareness of the team's skills and offering.

The launch of Hawksmoor Fund Managers (HFM) will separate the fund management team from the private client business, which is led by private client chief investment officer Jim Wood-Smith.  HFM, headed up by fund management CIO Daniel Lockyer, will manage the firm's £51m Distribution and £65m Vanbrugh funds and model portfolios, and provide buy lists for the private client side. Hawksmoor unveils AIM portfolio service The two teams will continue to hold weekly investment meetings together, but Lockyer said there will be no in-house view. The five-strong fund management team (pict...