Chris Ralph, chief investment officer of St James’s Place, which oversees £65.6 billion in client assets, spoke to Financial News about why the wealth manager backs the merger of Janus/Henderson, his firm's plans to break the £100 billion barrier in five years, and whether fund managers, like sportsman, can lose their touch.

In July, St James's Place confirmed it would be revamping its fund manager roster - with a number of these changes set to come into force on October 10. Arguably most notable was the decision to drop a Far East specialist fund run by Aberdeen Asset Management's investment veteran Hugh Young in favour of one run by First State Stewart Asia.