River and Mercantile brand is reborn

Group has started life with edge on many rivals with three high-profile fund manager hires and financial backing from Sir John Beckwith

With an established brand, backing from Sir John Beckwith and high-profile hires on board, River and Mercantile entered the marketplace last year with an edge on most start-up companies. Headed up by former Liontrust marketeer James Barham, the group has made three fund management hires so far, taking Hugh Sergeant and Richard Staveley from SGAM and Daniel Hanbury from Investec. The group entered the retail market last year, with UK Equity High Alpha and UK Equity Smaller Companies funds launched in November while UK Equity Unconstrained came to the market last month. A Core UK Equity off...