Liontrust roars into European equities

CEO Nigel Legge believes transparency of listing and investment approaches give the group a key edge over its rivals in the market

After more than 10 years focusing entirely on the UK, Liontrust Asset Management branched out into European equities last year. The group felt there is a shortage of European funds offering a strong process and managers Gary West and James Inglis-Jones spent six months refining their Cashflow Solution system. This transparency of approach is one area where the group feels it is genuinely different from much of the market documents, how it runs money in its Lang Approach (UK specialist), Cross Report (UK Small Cap) and Value Dynamic (UK value or equity income) processes. Liontrust began l...