MoneyAM Fund Centre

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Fund Objective

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation through investment in a concentrated portfolio comprised primarily of European (excluding UK) equities.

Fund Managers

Zehrid Osmani

Zehrid is head of the Global Long-Term Unconstrained team. He joined Martin Currie in May 2018 from BlackRock, where he held a number of senior roles. He was Head of European Equities Research and had responsibility for managing several pan-European equity funds with a specific focus on unconstrained, high-conviction, long-term portfolios. Prior to this, Zehrid managed equity portfolios at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), and was a specialist sector analyst at Commerzbank Securities, UBS Warburg and Credit Lyonnais. Zehrid began his investment career as a trainee fund manager at Scottish Investment Trust. He has a BA in Economics and Finance from University of Paris- Sorbonne and a Masters in International Finance from the University of Glasgow.

Amanda Whitecross

Amanda is a portfolio manager on our Global Long-Term Unconstrained team. She joined Martin Currie as a senior consumer research analyst in 2008, having already gained 14 years’ experience in equities. She began her career with six years on the buy side as a Pan-European analyst and fund manager, starting out with General Accident in Perth in 1994 and moving to Threadneedle Investment Management in London two years later where she was part of a team running Pan-European income funds. In 2000, Amanda moved to the sell side, specialising in various consumer sectors – first at ABN AMRO and then at Lehman Brothers, where she achieved individual and team rating in both Extel and the II Survey. She returned to Scotland in 2005 to take up a role as a sell-side analyst in Edinburgh for Teather & Greenwood. Amanda is an associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals (ASIP). She has an MA in Economics and Contemporary European Studies from the University of Dundee and an Institute of Investment Management and Research diploma from the University of Stirling.