Managers and assets moving across
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Steering clear of the asset gatherers
Rathbones Unit Trust Management has selected five US equity funds that can add value at a time when many managers are struggling to outperform the S&P 500 index.
Brown Advisory has brought together its small-cap growth and value strategies to launch a US Small-Cap Blend in its UCITS range.
The continued weakness of sterling against the US dollar has prompted fund buyers to move out of sterling-hedged share classes and into unhedged or dollar-denominated positions.
David Coombs, head of multi-asset investments at Rathbones, has decided to "reappraise his views" on the US after a trip to New York convinced him of the economy's growth potential.
Santander's multi-manager team has added the $233m Brown Advisory American fund to its portfolios as it concentrates active US exposure around three core holdings.