Former CSAM North America manager prepares to re-emerge in the UK retail market with familiar investment style
When James Abate left Credit Suisse Asset Management, he was one of the most highly rated fund managers in UK retail US equity investing. The Credit Suisse Transatlantic fund was rated AAA by Standard & Poor's. It was top of the performance charts and had grown from around £20m in 1995 to around £500m when Abate left in 2000. After 270 days of enforced gardening leave, during which time Abate co-authored a book on value-investing, he is set to return to the UK retail market with the upcoming launch of the GAM Star American Focus Dublin-based Ucits fund. The portfolio, which GAM intend...
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