Liontrust buys EM fund business Occam

The group will take on the management contracts of the Occam Emerging Markets Opportunities, Occam Asia Focus, Occam Asia Absolute Return, Occam Sorbus, Occam Europe Focus and Occam Diversity funds. Liontrust's James Inglis-Jones and Gary West will take over as fund managers of the Occam Sorbus and Europe Focus funds on completion of the deal. Before joining Occam, manager Eoghan Flanagan was co-founder of the highly successful Thames River Nevsky team and James Mellersh was a senior member of the team. Mark Williams managed the Friends Provident International GIP Far East Sicav and F...