Keattch plans Trojan launch

former deutsche small-cap specialist moves over to troy asset management to set up retail fund

Ruth Keattch, former pan-European small-cap specialist at Deutsche Asset Management, has joined Troy Asset Management where she is to launch a retail fund. The Trojan Capital fund, which opens on 28 February, will comprise 40-60 holdings. Although mainly a UK equity fund, it will hold up to 25% in continental Europe. A sub-fund of the Trojan Investment Funds Oeic, the sterling denominated fund will be listed in the IMA's Active Managed sector. Keattch said that under current market conditions, she is likely to hold close to the 25% maximum weighting in European companies, given the UK ...