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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.

Selector’s Choice: cominvest's Romig backs Alger’s and Metzler’s AAA stars

15:01 | 06 Mar 2008 | By Philip Haddon

Cominvest's head of fund of funds Thomas Romig is awaiting the launch of a fund focused on Africa excluding South Africa, and has been increasing his exposure to Eastern Europe.

Selector's Choice: Lopez trusts in stars Walewski and Marsden

09:04 | 03 Mar 2008 | By Philip Haddon

Felix Lopez, a high conviction fund selector from Atlas Capital in Madrid, has been increasing his positions in his most trusted managers.

Selector's choice: Stahlhacke backs Comgest's Stanislawski and M&G's Dobell

12:21 | 07 Feb 2008 | By Philip Haddon

Allianz Global Investors' fund of funds head Marcus Stahlhacke has taken overweight positions in UK, Asia and Europe and revealed some of the star managers behind this move.

Selector's Choice: Deka's Saemann seeks new themes

07:00 | 31 Jan 2008 | By Philip Haddon

DekaBank’s Thorsten Saemann is looking for US growth, Asian convertibles and infrastructure funds for his €45 billion fund of funds range.

Selector's Choice: LODH's Urfer backs Pease and seeks alpha in Middle East

11:29 | 16 Jan 2008 | By Philip Haddon

Cyrille Urfer of Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch thinks investors need to move quickly to invest in the Middle East, while he will continue to back New Star’s under-fire manager Richard Pease.

Selector's choice: bearish De Biasi chooses agribusiness and infrastructure for 2008

19:44 | 08 Jan 2008 | By Philip Haddon

Luca De Biasi, head of multimanagement at BSI in Switzerland, highlights five fund managers he is putting his faith in for a difficult 2008.

Selector's Choice: Rutten bets on Australia and emerging markets for global fund of funds

12:13 | 04 Jan 2008 | By Philip Haddon

Dutch fund selector Patrick Rutten from Vierlander Effecten is backing Comgest’s Vincent Strauss and Charlemagne’s Stefan Bottcher as he continues to overweight emerging markets.

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