Gervais williams
06 February 2012
Fund management groups and analysts have warned new dividend rules for investment trusts could see shareholders lose out as portfolios become less tax efficient.
20 January 2012
Small-cap stocks have been out of favour for years but Gervais Williams, managing director of MAM Funds, says they appear ready to surprise on the upside.
02 December 2011
Gervais Williams, managing director at MAM Funds, examines the fund ‘dinosaur’ of investment trusts and the lessons that can still be learned from the past.
29 September 2011
Fund managers are being driven up the wall by the yo-yoing of the stock market. It is moving by sizable percentages each week, running up then stepping down before jumping up again.
20 June 2011
Three MAM Funds portfolios, including Martin Gray’s £619m Miton Special Situations fund, hold a total 12% stake in Gervais Williams’ Diverse Income trust, which listed in April.
12 April 2011
MAM Funds has moved back into the black, reporting after-tax profit of £400,000 for 2010, compared to a £7m loss in 2009.
04 April 2011
MAM funds’ Gervais Williams believes UK small caps are set to thrive in an anaemic growth environment as they focus on returning cash to shareholders.
06 September 2010
The board of the £54m Gartmore Growth Opportunities trust has served ‘protective’ notice of termination of its management agreement with Gartmore, following the resignation of Gervais Williams.
01 September 2010
Gervais Williams has resigned from Gartmore and will leave the firm at the end of September.
16 November 2007
The board of Gartmore’s Fledgling Trust is proposing to change its investment policy to allow it to h...
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