MPC Investors opens up funds to UK retail market

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MPC Investors has opened its MPC Global Convertibles fund and MPC Strategic Reserve fund to the UK retail market, after they gained FSA recognition.

The funds, which have attracted more than £100m since their launch in January this year, are managed by Miles Geldard and Lee Manzi, who joined the company from JP Morgan Asset Management last year. Geldard and Manzi are using the same investment style employed when managing their top-performing funds at JP Morgan. Both funds are Luxemburg registered Ucits III Sicavs. The MPC Global Convertibles fund is invested in a broad spectrum of global convertible bonds. It uses the inherent total return characteristics of convertible bonds to capture much of the upside in equity markets, while aim...

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