Ross Porter, a co-manager of the €6.32bn emerging market focused Skagen Kon-Tiki fund, has decided to leave the group after 13 years.
Porter, who has been at Skagen since September 2000, has served as co-manager on Kon-Tiki since August 2011. Skagen has no plans to replace Porter on the Kon-Tiki strategy at this time, according to a notice to investors. The remaining Skagen Kon-Tiki team is Kristoffer Stenstrud, Knut Harald Nilsson, Catherine Gether and Erik Landgraff. Porter is expected to take some time off from fund management before exploring new opportunities. "His contribution to the portfolio has been positive and we would like to thank him for the effort," Harald Espedal, investment director at Skagen ...
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