Tilney Bestinvest ranks top 100 equity fund managers

Laura Dew
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Giles Hargreave has been ranked number one in a report by Tilney Bestinvest to select the top 100 equity fund managers in the UK.

The research rated UK fund managers on their performance versus the benchmark, their consistency, and their experience.  The firm's findings placed small-cap investor Hargreave (pictured) from Hargreave Hale in the top spot. He has been working in the financial sector since 1969 and managed the Marlborough Special Situations fund for 16 years.  In second place was Martin Lau from First State Investments, who manages the First State Greater China Growth fund, among others, while in third place was BlackRock global resources manager Evy Hambro. First State was the only firm to featur...

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