Big Interview: SVM's McLean on preserving a boutique culture

BIG INTERVIEW

Katie Holliday talks to managing director and CIO Colin McLean about the group's unique approach to analysing businesses and coping with eurozone troubles.

Edinburgh-based boutique SVM Asset Management prides itself on standing out from the crowd of larger investment institutions thanks to its small, close-knit team founded by a husband and wife. Launched in 1990 as Scottish Value Management – the name was later shortened to SVM – the firm has since launched eight retail offerings, two investment trusts and one hedge fund. Total assets under management currently sit at around half a billion pounds. The team has a strong focus on company analysis and stockpicking and although founder and managing director Colin McLean is committed to buil...