Group's long/short smaller companies portfolio will open for investment on 1 November
Gartmore is to open its internally managed UK smaller companies long/short portfolio for investment on 1 November. The fund, which has been managed by Gervais Williams and Rob Giles in-house since May, already has some $42m in seed money but the group is looking to raise an additional $50m before hard closing the fund. Martin Phipps, Gartmore's head of hedge funds, said the portfolio is currently invested in 110 positions and uses a bottom-up analysis in its stock selection. The managers adopt a mixture of longer-term, earnings-oriented and shorter-term tactical positions to take advan...
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