Pattisson uses winners strategy to boost performance

Manager looks for companies that will beat analyst earnings expectations over meaningful time period, holding stocks in winner markets

William Pattisson joined Liontrust in 1999 and has now worked with his UK equity colleague Jeremy Lang for more than 20 years. The group puts massive emphasis on a clearly defined investment process and Pattisson spent four months devising a large cap approach before launching Liontrust First Large Cap in October 1999. He brought a more concentrated vehicle, Focus 350, to market in December 2005 using a variation of the process to focus purely on stocks identified as winners by the system. Over one year to 3 November, First Large Cap has lost 31.5% against a -37.2% UK All Companies se...