MoneyAM Fund Centre

Quick Stats

Fund Objective

To provide capital growth with some income over the medium term (i.e. more than 5 years).

Fund Managers

Riitta Hujanen

Riitta joined Close Brothers Asset Management as Investment Director in July 2012, and was appointed manager of the Close Discretionary Portfolio Balanced Fund 1 April 2013 and of the Growth and Conservative Funds on 24 April 2013. Before joining CBAM, Riitta held fund management positions at Schroder’s Investment Management and Montanaro Fund Managers in London. Previously, she was Head of European equities at OKO Asset Management in Finland and worked at SEB Gyllenberg where she established Finland’s first multi-asset SRI mutual fund. Riitta holds an MSc. (Pol.) from the University of Helsinki and an MBA in International Finance from the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration.

Richard Stroud

Richard Stroud joined Close Brothers Asset Management in 2015 and started as an analyst, working on the Close Discretionary Portfolio Funds. During this time, Richard became a CFA charterholder and has obtained the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing. Richard helped to design the Sustainable Funds’ investment process and became a Co-Manager of the Close Sustainable Balanced Portfolio Fund at launch in 2020. Prior to joining CBAM, Richard graduated from the University of Warwick with a first class honours degree in Economics.