Edinburgh-based fund manager Standard Life Investments has appointed David Millar as investment director of multi-asset investing. He joins from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, where he was head of bond strategy and chair of the bond policy group. Mr Millar will report to Euan Munro, head of multi-asset investing, taking responsibility for overseeing the investment strategy for some of the fund manager’s key insurance funds. In addition, he will take a leading role in turning bond market views and themes into effective investment positions within SLI’s suite of absolute return and liability-driven investment funds.