Brown Advisory aims to plug gap left by inconsistent US managers

COMPANY REPORT: BROWN ADVISORY

Joanna Faith looks at the success of Brown Advisory since the Baltimore-based investment boutique set up its London office in 2008.

“UK investors do not tend to allocate a huge amount of their portfolio to the US.” This may seem like a strange thing for Brown Advisory’s Logie Fitzwilliams to say seeing as though the group only offers US equity strategies to UK investors. But as we sit in the Knightsbridge office Brown Advisory sublets from another investment company, Fitzwilliams, director of the group’s London presence, says despite UK investors’ lack of excitement towards US equities, the group has still managed to carve out a presence. “There is always going to be some allocation to the US. It is clearly still ...