Threadneedle sets sights on mid-cap fund

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Threadneedle is launching a UK mid-cap fund in September to be run by its smaller companies team. ...

Threadneedle is launching a UK mid-cap fund in September to be run by its smaller companies team. Paul Cramp, head of the UK smaller companies, will be named manager, along with Bill Barker. The FTSE 250 Oeic sub-fund will expand the group's UK equity portfolio range to nine. Guy Beech, sales director at Threadneedle, said the group is still finalising the fund's name and charging structure. 'The core philosophy behind the launch of the FTSE 250 fund is that it is investing in a sector of the market where there are perhaps only two other credible fund choices,' Beech said. 'Our sma...

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