Rogan aims high with aggressive best ideas strategy

Manager uses mix of strategic and tactical investments, focusing on high-conviction stock ideas, on 30-40 holding Gartmore Global Focus portfolio

Neil Rogan's Gartmore Global Focus fund is aggressively managed, with the stated objective of top-quartile performance versus the global equity peer group. There are no benchmark constraints and, aside from regulatory requirements, the only formal limitation is a relatively broad 5%-10% tracking error against the MSCI World index. Rogan constructs an unconstrained portfolio of 30-40 high-conviction stock ideas. His style is growth oriented but he is also concerned with identifying near-term opportunities in order to perform in all market conditions. As a result, the fund has a mix of stra...