Stat Watch: Aegon's UK Equity fund moves to top quartile

Aegon Asset Management's equity teams have undergone a number of changes over the last few years, am...

Aegon Asset Management’s equity teams have undergone a number of changes over the last few years, among which was Stephen Adams’ switch from managing institutional to retail portfolios. Under his management, over the past year performance on the UK Equity fund, previously named UK Growth, has jumped from third to top quartile and Adams believes it is well positioned to ride 2006. Adams took over management of the fund in April 2004. For the three years to 13 March it made a bid to bid return of 88.8% against the UK All Companies sector average of 95.5%, which translated to a ranking of 131...