MoneyAM Fund Centre

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Fund Objective

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide a combination of capital growth and income over the longer term (5 years). The Fund will seek to achieve its objective by investing primarily (at least 70% ) in international equity securities with a focus (c.40%) on companies which are listed in Asia.

Fund Managers

Henry Thornton

Henry is the lead manager of Garraway Oriental Focus Fund. Henry joined Garraway in 2019 from Blackfriars Asset Management. He began his career at Thornton Management (Asia) in 1985. In 1989 he was appointed investment director of Royal Trust Asset Management (Asia), a position he retained during subsequent acquisitions by Credit Lyonnais International Asset Management and Nicholas Applegate Capital Management. In 1999 he was appointed co-head of emerging markets at Colonial First State Investments, a position he retained until April 2000 when he resigned to co-found BDT Invest LLP where he was chief executive officer for 14 years and managed the Establishment Investment Trust and co-managed BDT Invest's Oriental Focus and Asian Focus Funds (now the Blackfriars Oriental Focus Fund). He joined Blackfriars Asset Management in 2014. He holds a BSSc from Bristol University.

Tim Hall

Tim Hall supports Malcolm in portfolio construction and risk oversight, while helping assess stock decisions. Tim spent much of his career at Martin Currie, where his roles included managing UK equities, helping establish a global client service offering and overseeing teams dedicated to institutional sales. Latterly he ran the investment floor with its associated trading and risk teams. His experience at board level is reflected in a number of non-executive roles and the chairing of major charitable foundations. His investment career has spanned three decades.

Malcolm Schembri

Malcolm is the lead Fund Manager of Garraway Global Equity Fund and VT Garraway UK Equity Market Fund. With an investment career spanning over 10 years, he is an accomplished equity fund manager with a strong track record in both Global and UK fund mandates. Prior to joining Garraway, Malcolm was the lead fund manager of TM Global Equity Fund, a UK-focussed global equity mandate, and of TM Innovation Fund, a mid-to-small cap UK equity fund. He obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Management and Banking & Finance and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Malta in 2005. He is a CFA Charterholder.