Lloyd George expands its European portfolio

Lloyd George Fund Management is looking to launch a European fund following the recruitment of Rupert Morrell from Johnson Fry, writes James Thorneley. Morrell will work alongside Ed Robertson who specialises in Eastern Europe and Jacob Rees-Mogg who looks at technology and telecom stocks in Europe. The portfolio is likely to have a technology bias. While at Johnson Fry Morrell ran the group's European Growth unit trust. Over three years the £9.8m fund is ranked 73 out of 89 in the Micropal Europe ex UK peer group rising by 74.2% compared to an average rise of 101.9%. Last week was Morre...