Artemis retains income reputation

adrian frost

Investors in ABN AMRO"s income faced a tough choice last year: keep faith with the growth or transfer to framlington

George Luckraft of Framlington and Adrian Frost of Artemis are both in the premier league of equity income fund managers. Strong competition between the two is inevitable considering the tensions created when Luckraft left for Framlington last year. Luckraft had built up a strong following while working at ABN Amro, a group that promoted him and his colleague Nigel Thomas as the backbone of its fund range. Investors were startled when he and Thomas left to join Framlington and ABN was left with the difficult task of attracting quality replacements. Instead of recruiting, a marriage wa...