Hall and Costar are tipped as the managers to watch

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BWD's Mark Hall and Mark Costar of JO Hambro are the two managers most tipped by fund of funds specialists as ones to watch in 2003. In an Investment Week survey of five fund of funds and multi-managers' top three picks of underrated and rising star fund managers, Hall and Costar were the two most commonly cited names. Hall's BWD Aggressive Growth fund was the top performing UK All Companies vehicle in the calendar year 2002, beating more established players at larger fund groups. It was the also the only fund in its sector to post a positive return. Aidan Kearney, head of multi-man...

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