SVM's Cuthbert seeks holes in stock research

SVM Continental Europe fund manager has delivered top-decile performance by seeking out companies that have been overlooked by analysts

Since Hugh Cuthbert took over the SVM Continental Europe fund in January 2006, he has focused his attention on misjudged stocks that have largely been ignored by most market analysts. The approach has worked well so far, with the £22.6m fund continuing to outperform its sector over the past year and maintaining top-decile returns since launch in 2000. Cuthbert took over the reigns from previous manager Paul Casson when the latter left to join Hendersons. The fund sits in the Europe ex-UK sector and has an unconstrained approach to stock selection, with a bias towards under-researched me...