Rivals reach three-year mark

Ashley Willing and Simon King's Gartmore UK Focus and Mike Felton's Isis UK Prime compete for the aggressive funds' crown

As the only two of the recent spate of focus fund launches to have reached three-year track records so far, Gartmore UK Focus and Isis UK Prime are vying for the attention of advisers looking for more aggressive vehicles. Managed by Ashley Willing and Simon King, Gartmore UK Focus is the larger of the two vehicles by some distance, with £253m in assets under management compared to £96m in Mike Felton's Isis UK Prime. Risk Although an aggressively managed portfolio, Isis believes its Prime fund is at the lower-risk end of the focus spectrum, pointing to its 19.7% volatility compared to 20...