Young pushes Far East fund to forefront

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By Aimee Savage St James's Place fund outperforms sector average by 10 percentage points under Hugh Young's management

Click here to download raw data Careful stock selection and in-depth research have pushed the St James's Place Far East fund into pole position in the Asia Pacific including Japan sector over three years to the end of April 2006. Click here to download pdf Under the management of Hugh Young, the £302m fund, which is ranked first out of a list of seven, has outperformed the sector average by 10 percentage points. The vehicle delivered a cumulative bid to bid return of 124.67% over the period while the average fund in the peer group grew by 114.77%. It also boasted the highest annualised ...

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