The five multi-manager providers had hosted the forums across 16 venues throughout the UK in June 2012 and each venue gave intermediaries access to prominent asset allocation specialists and their views on how to interpret investment challenges and opportunities globally.
Majority (93%) of advisers who attended the forums said that the presentations had increased their understanding of this important and growing sector of the investment market.
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Further, 53% of advisers who attended also revealed that they are likely to increase their use of Multi-Manager funds over the next 6 months.
Skandia Investment Group stated that the figure shows a significant increase in the build up to the RDR as 84% of respondents are already recommending multi-manager funds to their clients.
62% of advisers also identified the benefits of outsourcing asset allocations to fund managers who are experts in this field as a key advantage of multi-manager funds.
On being queried if they would recommend funds directly, or if they intend to outsource the asset allocation and fund selection decisions as RDR approaches, almost half (48%) of the advisers said that they would be looking to outsource this part of the investment process, with multi-manager funds being the most popular outsourcing route.
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