Segregated mandates give wealth managers and DFMs a chance to take another bite of the apple. Everyone is getting into the game of creating their own fund. St James’s Place (SJP) and Old Mutual have been doing it for years. In an article for Discus, we share of views on why Discretionary fund managers (DFMs) and large IFAs are jumping on the bandwagon now too and why this should matter to advisers.

Wealth managers, large financial advice firms and DFMs are creating their own funds using segregated mandates or sub-advised funds. A segregated mandate is a fund run exclusively for a client, typically an institution (such as SJP or True Potential). But asset managers typically earn far lower fees on segregated mandates than for pooled funds.

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Heather has spent most of her career in financial services helping asset managers, platforms and financial advisers improve their propositions, customer communication and to benchmark success against competitors. She was Head of Platforum until December 2017 and has also worked in digital marketing at Hitwise and Econsultancy.