MoneyAM Fund Centre

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Fund Objective

The investment objective of the CGV Fund is to produce long term capital growth through holding a diversified portfolio of quoted or traded equity investments primarily in companies which are incorporated, quoted or traded on any stock exchange or over-the-counter market in continental Europe (excluding the UK) or in companies incorporated, quoted or traded on any stock exchange or over-the-counter market elsewhere, the majority of whose revenues and/or profits are derived from activities in continental Europe (excluding the UK).

Fund Managers

Cato Stonex

After graduating in 1986 from the London School of Economics, of which he is now a governor, Cato joined Morgan Grenfell and became assistant director in the European government bond trading division. He left in 1989 for J. Rothschild Investment Management, which is where he began his association with Nils Taube and John Hodson.

Mark Evans

Mark graduated from Bristol University in 1985 and joined Morgan Grenfell. In 1989, he moved to ING to work in the emerging market debt department and eventually headed it. Mark then left for Montpelier Asset Management in 1995 as a director and shareholder. Mark joined THS in 1998.

Ali Miremadi

Ali Miremadi graduated from Wadham College, Oxford with a First Class degree in English Literature in 1994. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1996, after two years as a research analyst at Baring Securities. He spent eight years selling first Japanese then European equities. Ali gained the Chartered Financial Analyst qualification in 1999. He worked as a proprietary trader at Goldman, investing in both equities and corporate bonds, from 2004-07. He joined THS in February 2007.

Robert Smithson

Robert graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1995. He joined the equity research department of Goldman Sachs the following year, covering European technology companies. In 2000, he left to start an independent equity research boutique, Arete Research, as finance director and head of the software team. Robert moved to THS in 2004.

Xavier Van Hove

Xavier Van Hove graduated in Physics from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, in 1997. He joined SBC Warburg, which soon became UBS, where he worked for the next thirteen years. He started in FX derivatives and subsequently moved to Fixed Income in 2001. There he built up and headed the global hybrids trading desk, working closely with the corporate finance arm of UBS to provide clients with capital. Xavier joined THS in June 2010.