The Flying Scotsmen

Leading private client investment and financial planning group Tilney Bestinvest have identified the top five fund managers based in Scotland as part of a landmark report into the Top 100 equity fund managers managing funds available to retail investors.

The Top 100 Fund Managers report looked at the entire career history of fund managers, across the firms they have worked at and funds managed in their given sector. The managers were then ranked on a blend of average monthly outperformance, a ‘confidence score’ based on the statistical probability that their success was due to skill rather than luck and with a weighting to recognise length of track record.

Topping the list is Edinburgh based Angus Tulloch, Head of Asia Pacific Equities at First State Stewart (FSS), part of First State Investments, whose primary focus is stock selection and portfolio construction for FSS’s Asia Pacific funds. With over 26 years in the sector Tulloch has made his name as a cautious manager, but a colourful character, who in the early 2000’s set up a charitable foundation promoting Scottish financial education.

Hot on Tulloch’s heels are four fund managers who all have impressive track records and varying levels of experience. Ed Legget and Thomas Moore’s presence on the list proves Scotland is harbouring some of the United Kingdom’s most promising up-and-coming talent, as they can also be found on Tilney Bestinvest’s rankings of top fund managers under 40 years old. The pairing of Anthony Cross and Julian Fosh from Liontrust have earned a stellar reputation for their co-management of UK companies funds, while Alister Hibbert receives a 100% confidence score for his work in the European (excluding UK) sector.

Jason Hollands, Managing Director at Tilney Bestinvest, said “Scotland has a rich andillustrious asset management heritage with a large number of major houses, such Aberdeenand Standard Life Investments, and a plethora of boutique groups calling it home. Withsome of the strongest younger talent in the industry, such as Standard Life’s Ed Legget and Thomas Moore, managing money from Edinburgh, it bodes well for Scotland’s continued to success as a leading global centre for asset management.

“Investors need to be very selective when choosing active fund managers as many simply donot deliver the goods over the long term, the Top 100 Fund Manager report highlights thosemanagers who have added significant value over their careers and consistently so. Of course,when selecting a fund it is vital to take a view on its future prospects and not just pastsuccess, so other factors such as the size of assets now being managed by a fund manager willcome into play. However, we hope investors will find the report of interest as a starting pointin their quest.”

Rankings – Scottish-based Fund Managers

A copy of the full report, which contains profiles of the top 25 managers, ‘vital stats’ for each of the 100 managers and lists the current funds they manage isavailable to download free of charge at www.bestinvest.co.uk/top100

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