Long/short EU fund from JOHCM

JO Hambro Capital Management is to launch a long/ short European financials fund in the New Year with a global equivalent planned for the future. While these funds will bolster the boutique's presence in the institutional market, the group is also targeting retail investors, hoping to place its long-only Oeics with UK supermarket Cofunds this autumn. The European hedge fund will be run by Jonathan Tyce, formerly at London-based Oxburgh Partners, who joins the group in September. JOHCM chief executive Nichola Pease, said: "Financials make up a third of the European market. There is a ...