MoneyAM Fund Centre

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Fund Objective

The investment objective of the Fund is to seek to achieve income with the potential for capital growth in the medium term (3 to 5 years).

Fund Managers

Francis Brooke

Francis is the Investment Director and is responsible for Troy’s UK Equity Income Strategy. He is the Co-Manager of the Trojan Income Fund and Troy Income & Growth Trust. He joined Troy in June 2004 and launched the Trojan Income Fund later that year. He was appointed manager of Troy Income & Growth Trust in July 2009. Francis began his career in 1986 at Kleinwort Benson Securities and then joined Foreign & Colonial Management Ltd in 1989, where he was appointed Director in 1995. From 1997 to 2004 he worked for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers as a Director, managing over £1.5 billion of UK Equities. Francis gained his MA in Politics from Edinburgh University and holds the ASIP qualification. He is an Associate Member of the CFA Society of the UK.

Blake Hutchins

Blake is Co-Manager of the Trojan Income Fund. He joined Troy in 2019 from Investec Asset Management where he was lead manager on the UK Equity Income fund and co-manager on the Global Quality Equity Income Fund. Prior to that, Blake managed retail and institutional UK equity funds at Columbia Threadneedle. Blake holds a MA Hons in Economics and Politics from the University of Edinburgh and is a CFA Charterholder.

Hugo Ure

Hugo is co-manager of the Trojan Income Fund and Troy Income & Growth Trust. He is Manager of the Trojan Ethical Income Fund and has charge of Troy’s Responsible Investment processes. Hugo joined Troy in 2009 from Kleinwort Benson, where he was an equity analyst. Hugo gained his MA in Geology from Oxford University in 1999, following which he spent five years serving with the Scots Guards. He holds the CISI Diploma and is a CFA Charterholder.