Ecclesiastical's Jackson: 'The banks are still unfathomable'

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Andrew Jackson, manager of the Ecclesiastical UK Equity Growth fund, tells Cherry Reynard about the calls that have fuelled his solid outperformance.

Ecclesiastical is well known for its ethically-screened range of funds but it also offers something for the investor with fewer scruples. The Ecclesiastical UK Equity Growth fund takes the same traditional, stock-picking approach as on the rest of the group's range but with greater flexibility. The result has been consistent top quartile performance. Manager Andrew Jackson has been with the group since 2003, part of a stable eight-person fund manager/analyst team. The fund is multi-cap, split evenly between the FTSE 100 and the rest of the market. Jackson styles the approach as ‘growt...

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