Whitechurch's Willis: We are getting too big to back managers at launch

'We are getting too big to back fund managers at launch'

Laura Dew
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Whitechurch Securities' head of research, Ben Willis, talks to Laura Dew about dealing with soft-closures of popular funds, the growing difficulties in backing new portfolios, and a surprise 2014 outperformer.

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