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French boutiques boost selectors

10:48 | 17 Dec 2008 | By Jonathan Miller

Aforge Finance's fund selectors have generated strong relative performance as a result of their preference for boutiques such as DNCA, Flinvest and Sycomore.

Richard Pease's biggest investor pulls out of fund

10:46 | 11 Dec 2008 | By Jonathan Miller

The largest single investor in Richard Pease's New Star GIF European Growth fund, Laurent Auchlin from LODH, has withdrawn his investment 

Latin American boutique stars come to Europe

10:28 | 10 Dec 2008 | By Philip Haddon

The former head of fund selection at Pictet, Jaime Arguello, is bringing a new and innovative fund of fund product to Europe packed full of the top local fund managers from Latin America.

Fund selectors increase use of ETFs

06:11 | 14 Nov 2008 | By Drazen Jorgic

During the Citywire European Fund Selector forum in Vienna, 75 fund selectors and leading panellists voted and put forward their opinions about the increased use of ETFs in their portfolios.

Absolute return funds disappoint selectors

11:33 | 23 Oct 2008 | By Philip Haddon

Germany's fund selectors have expressed dis-satisfaction at the performance of absolute return bond funds

Spain's selectors make wholesale retreat from European equity

11:23 | 01 Oct 2008 | By Angus Foote

Leading Spanish fund selectors have been cutting their exposure to European equities, but at the same time many have bought into specialist theme funds.

Leading fund selector highlights Europe's top talents

07:31 | 29 Sep 2008 | By Philip Haddon

One of Europe's top performing fund of fund managers, Marc Sbeghen from Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild, has revealed the fund manager stars who have driven him to some impressive performance.

Selector's choice: Swip multi-manager team looks for shelter in infrastructure

09:59 | 20 Aug 2008 | By Dylan Lobo

The Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (Swip) multi-manager team of Mark Harries and Simon Wood has bought into infrastructure in a bid to reduce its multi-asset fund of funds’ correlation with the downturn in markets.

Selector's Choice: Paris multimanager favours AAA-rated French

06:20 | 18 Jul 2008 | By Danielle Levy

La Compagnie 1818 fund of funds manager Sophie Ginisty believes that in a challenging market environment pure stockpickers are more likely to miss out on opportunities.

Selector's choice: Deka's Poegel turns to US growth managers

06:15 | 11 Jul 2008 | By Philip Haddon

Deka’s new head of fund research Bernd Poegel has been increasing the firm’s €40 billion fund of funds range’s exposure to US growth funds. He tells Citywire about his top picks for the sector, as well as some of his emerging market choices.

Selector’s Choice: BHF Trust’s Termathe confident on Middle East play

12:32 | 05 Jun 2008 | By Danielle Levy

Frank Termathe, head of fund of funds at BHF Trust, has been increasing his exposure to the Middle East and has high hopes for the region. However, he does not share this enthusiasm for Africa.

Selector's Choice: OFI's A-rated Mercadal backs stars of US large cap growth

13:03 | 30 May 2008 | By Danielle Levy

Citywire A-rated Jean-Marie Mercadal, believes the best way to weather further volatility is to focus on US large cap growth managers. Stars such as François Mouté and Alger's Patrick Kelly are among his key selections.

Selector’s Choice: Allianz's Campi buys back into Bill Miller's fund

14:45 | 12 May 2008 | By Danielle Levy

The head of Allianz's Italian multi manager operation is backing Bill Miller to turn around his fund's performance and deliver over the longer term.

Kolbe uncovers new fund manager stars

14:34 | 01 May 2008 | By Philip Haddon

Fund selector Lars Kolbe has revealed some little-known managers who he hopes will see him through a difficult 2008.

De Biasi buys back into fallen star Walczak

14:34 | 30 Apr 2008 | By Angus Foote

BSI fund selector Luca De Biasi got his major calls dead right at the start of 2007. Now he is showing faith in a US manager who saw his long term record eroded during a difficult three-year spell.

Selector's choice: Biamino taps into emerging market currency play

14:59 | 25 Apr 2008 | By Danielle Levy

Paolo Biamino of Euromobiliare Asset Management is hoping to benefit from the revaluation of Middle Eastern and Asian currencies.

Selector's Choice: Carrel seeks hedge expertise in long only space

10:18 | 11 Apr 2008 | By Philip Haddon

For tough market conditions Mirabaud fund selector Florian Carrel has chosen managers with hedge fund experience, such as Edouard Carmignac and SVM’s Colin Maclean.

Selector’s choice: C-Quadrat’s Jost avoids Japan and underweights US

14:30 | 28 Mar 2008 | By Philip Haddon

The CIO of Austrian firm C-Quadrat, Christian Jost, has revealed a bias towards London-based managers - especially for emerging markets.

Selector's choice: Aybran backs defensive managers for tough times

05:36 | 25 Mar 2008 | By Philip Haddon

LCF Rothschild’s head of manager selection, Bernard Aybran, has chosen conservative managers like Adriaan de mol van Otterloo and François Mouté until clarity returns to markets

Selector’s choice: Lindahl tracks European managers with large cap bias

11:02 | 13 Mar 2008 | By Philip Haddon

Evli Bank’s head of funds of funds, Peter Lindahl, thinks high alpha managers such as Resolution’s AA-rated Barry Norris are ideal for current market conditions.

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