Buying into the earnings growth story

Standard Life UK Equity Growth and Martin Currie IF UK Growth have produced strong relative performance over the past three years

Standard Life Investments (SLI) was dealt a blow in 2000 when its head of UK equities, Jeff Saunders, announced he was leaving the group after 17 years to join Martin Currie. Despite the loss of this quality manager, however, SLI recouped quickly and has continued to deliver strong relative performance across its UK equity range. Saunders's key retail fund at the time, Standard Life UK Equity Growth, was taken over by his colleague, Amanda Forsyth, while he took up the reins of the Martin Currie IF UK Growth fund upon starting his new role at the Edinburgh-based investment boutique. As...