Taking advantage of a gap in the market

THAMES RIVER

It may be a recent addition to the sector, but Thames River has taken on a very experienced team, led by Chris Turner and Marcus Phayre-Mudge, which aims to deliver high, stable income and capital growth

Investors who have been searching for reliable sources of income in the wake of the bursting of the dot.com bubble could be one of the main beneficiaries of Thames River Capital's Property Growth & Income fund. The Guernsey-domiciled Oeic was launched in March this year with a brief to provide a quarterly distributed dividend income, along with capital appreciation, by investing in both direct property and quoted real estate securities. Marcus Phayre-Mudge, the portfolio's lead manager, believes this structure provides investors with the best of both worlds - access to higher yields, as w...