Whiteoak to head Framlington trust

Framlington has recruited Rathbone's frAA-rated Roger Whiteoak to run its UK small cap unit trust. Whiteoak will head up the UK smaller companies desk consisting of Brian Watson, Alice Ryder and Chris Bell, responsible for some £750m in assets under management. In addition to being lead manager on the £110m Capital Trust he will also help Watson to run Throgmorton Investment Trust. Capital Trust was previously run by Catherine Stanley who left Framlington in August to join Equitable Life, since then it has been run by the small cap team as a whole. Whiteoak, who will report into Neil Bir...