Framlington opts for quality over quantity route to market success

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Investment boutique Framlington has had a difficult time diversifying away from its core strengths of UK equities and healthcare

Not every investment house wants to be a Fidelity or an Invesco Perpetual - a super-size fund management group that attempts to offer all things to all investors - and investment boutique Framlington, with £3.6bn under management, £2bn of which is in investment funds, is a case in point. For the past 35 years, London-based Framlington, now jointly-owned by HSBC and Munder in Detroit, has largely stuck to its strength as a stockpicking investment house specialising in UK equities. It is a strategy that has served both the company and its investors well. Framlington was formed in 1969 as th...

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