Thesis Asset Management has appointed Lawrence Cook and Giles Marriage to its board of directors as it completes a series of management changes.

There is a growing trend for advisers to take on more work themselves and manage the investments of their clients in retirement in separate pots, an asset management firm has found.

Thesis Asset Management has hired a new investment manager, as part of its plan to build on last year’s growth.

Thesis Asset Management has launched an ‘acquisition strategy’ with the purchase of Cambridge Fund Managers (CFM), a Bath-based discretionary investment manager with £30m in funds under management.