Brazil plays help Casson maintain top spot over three years

Swip LatAm manager has produced best UK-domiciled fund return over three years on his portfolio, highlighting Brazil as strongest market in the region

Jeff Casson has squeezed the best three-year performance of any UK-domiciled fund out of his Scottish Widows Latin America vehicle. The manager is fast approaching his three-year anniversary on the fund and attributes his results to carefully played Brazil exposure and strong stock selection. The fund reports 131.86% per annum over three years to 11 August, according to Morningstar, despite a recent credit crunch-related correction in the Latin America region. As at 1 August 2007, before the crunch took hold, the vehicle had a striking five-year growth rate of 88.1% per annum. In Ma...