Occam launches Euro and Asia funds

Scheduled for a September launch, the European and Asia funds will be Dublin authorised and introduced under the Occam umbrella fund. The Occam Europe Focus fund, managed by Phil Cliff, will use the MSCI Pan Euro Index as its benchmark. Cliff says he will use a high conviction style for the concentrated fund of 20-35 positions. Cliff previously managed Threadneedle’s Pan European Accelerando fund, which returned 88% in three years to the end of July 2007, compared with an average of 71% from peer group funds. Mark Williams will run the Occam Asia Focus fund, aiming to outperform the MS...