Assante Asset Management Ltd. has announced changes to the portfolio management teams for three investment pools in its Assante Optima Strategy program.

Alliance Capital Management, L.P. of New York will replace BPI Global Asset Management LLP and CI Global Advisors LLP as portfolio advisor of the Optima Strategy International Equity Growth Pool.

Connor, Clark and Lunn Investment Management Ltd. will replace A I M Capital Management, Inc. as portfolio advisor of the Optima Strategy Canadian Equity Growth Pool.

AGF Funds Inc. of Toronto will act as portfolio advisor and AGF International Advisors Company Limited of Dublin, Ireland will act as investment advisor for the Optima Strategy International Equity Value Pool, alongside the current portfolio advisor, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC of New York.

The change to the Optima Strategy International Equity Value Pool will be effective March 7, while the changes to the Optima Strategy Canadian Equity Growth Pool and Optima Strategy International Equity Growth Pool will be effective April 1.

Assante Optima Strategy Pools are a multi-manager family of 18 mutual funds providing a broad range of geographically diversified investment options and multiple asset classes.