Signia is making its investment strategies available to the wider retail market via its newly launched retail arm Signia Invest.
The private investment office, which runs global portfolios for ultra-high net worth individuals and institutions, has unveiled a fund range that will be made available to financial advisers and direct investors through Signia Invest’s online platform, which will launch imminently.
Signia has appointed The Marlborough Group subsidiary Investment Fund Services Limited (IFSL) as authorised corporate director (ACD) for the actively managed funds.
They will be available through a number of international platforms, and further expansion of distribution is planned with direct-to-consumer access in the UK available imminently via Signia Invest’s own online platform.
Details
IFSL Signia Balanced and IFSL Signia Conservative are multi-asset funds, the third fund is IFSL Signia Sovereign, a government bond fund. The funds have estimated ongoing charges figures of 1.17%, 1.10% and 0.55%, respectively.
A fourth fund, IFSL Signia Growth, a multi-asset portfolio, will be unveiled this year.
The funds will be available initially through a sterling share class, but there are plans to introduce US dollar and euro share classes.
Signia’s investment team will be responsible for running the funds.
The team is overseen by Michael Rosenthal, Signia’s chief investment officer; Ammalan Annalingam, Signia’s co-head of multi-asset investments; and Robert Lee, who is co-head of multi-asset investments and head of fixed income.
‘Expertise’
Carnegie Smyth, chief executive of Signia, said: “We specialise in running highly successful investment strategies for ultra-high net worth individuals.
“Now Signia Invest has been launched to allow other investors access to the same expertise, through funds managed by the same award-winning team.”
