Gartmore adds small-cap hedge

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Gartmore's Gervais Williams is to run a hedge fund for external clients on top of the retail long-on...

Gartmore's Gervais Williams is to run a hedge fund for external clients on top of the retail long-only funds he currently manages. In addition to the long/short hedge portfolio, Williams currently runs the UK & Irish Smaller Companies Oeic fund plus four investment trusts: Fledgling, Growth Opportunities, Irish, and Absolute Growth & Income. The UK smaller companies long/short portfolio opens for investment on 1 November but has been managed by Williams and Rob Giles in-house since May. It already has some $42m in seed money but the group is looking to raise an additional $50m before cl...

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