Defaqto

Rory Percival and Ken Rayner among panellists

Lessons to be learned

Brewin Dolphin and Quilter Cheviot also popular

Questions if performance can be achieved

Active fund pricing falling

Over 39 DFMs ranked by advisers

Also on board of Alliance Trust

A former managing director at Sesame Bankhall Group is set to join financial services research business Defaqto as head of insight (funds and DFMs).

Financial research group Defaqto has appointed former adviser network director Frank Potaczek to head up its insight and consulting wing.

The popularity of risk-rated funds has surged as RDR approaches and investors search for greater certainty in tough markets, but research has revealed vehicles sitting within the same risk grade can perform very differently.