Article: Outlook Upbeat for Sub-Advised Funds: Global Demand to Fuel Need for Fund Specialists.

NEW YORK-The marketplace for sub-advised and multi-managed funds is projected to continue growing as financial products become more complicated and fund shops look to outsource specialized work.

"More firms are turning to sub-advisors to leverage external skills," said Lynette DeWitt, vice president of sub-advisory research for Financial Research Corp. "We will likely see a narrower product focus as competition increases."

Sub-advised products comprised approximately $1.6 trillion as of year-end 2007, including $1.1 trillion in mutual funds, or 69%, and $513 billion in variable annuities, or 31%, DeWitt said last Wednesday at Financial Research ...

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