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John Duffield's Brompton Asset Management has hired a new head of multi-asset to spearhead a drive into the sector.

John Duffield has hired former colleague Mark Skinner as an adviser to develop Brompton Asset Management's retail business.

M&G Recovery fund manager Tom Dobell may have become embroiled in a public dispute over one of his holdings, but he is by no means the first to speak out in a bid to turn around a company's fortunes.

The board of the New Star investment trust - now run by John Duffield's Brompton Asset Management - has predicted a pull-back in markets following the recent run higher.

John Duffield's firm Brompton Asset Management is to launch three multi-manager funds into the market, marking his first foray back into the retail space since the sale of New Star.

The employment tribunal that had the whole of the fund management industry fascinated ended with a whimper last week.

So the battle of the investment heavyweights - Evershed versus Duffield- ended not in a TKO, but more of a whimper. I for one am a bit disappointed.

Partick Evershed's claims he and other staff members were bullied by New Star Asset Management founder John Duffield have been dismissed by three of his ex-colleagues.