Gam to launch European Systematic Value & Income

Gam is to launch its first income strategy, the European Systematic Value & Income fund. The veh...

Gam is to launch its first income strategy, the European Systematic Value & Income fund. The vehicle combines a value-based investment style with a systematic process, using quantitative screening techniques to select securities on a bottom-up basis. Martin Harrison, client director at Gam, said lower interest rates, rising yields and the reduction of corporation tax in several European countries indicated a change in European investor attitudes, and to the development of a European equity income market. “The fund will appeal to investors who are now looking to include income from the...