Rob Burdett, co-manager of the Thames River Distribution fund, tells Cherry Reynard how its 2,400 sources of income contribute to more than just a high yield.
When the Thames River multi-manager team of Gary Potter and Rob Burdett built the Distribution fund in October 2007, they had a few key ambitions: a high and consistent yield, as well as broad diversification. With 2,400 individual sources of income, and the sixth highest yield of the 160 funds in the Mixed Investment 20-60% Shares sector, it has achieved those particular targets. However, Burdett believes the search for high, diversified sources of yield has contributed to the strong capital performance of the fund as well. The fund is top quartile over one, three and five years and ...
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