2CG to manage Close fund

Investment boutique 2CG has taken on the running of the offshore Close Finsbury Continental Eur...

Investment boutique 2CG has taken on the running of the offshore Close Finsbury Continental Europe Equity fund from previous manager Talal Shakerchi. Charles Glasse, who jointly founded the company with Christopher Garsten, said: 'We have changed the portfolio content radically. We sold most of the previous holdings and have gone for much larger cap companies, using the style we normally use.' Glasse was previously head of continental Europe equities at M&G, and was responsible for running its European Dividend fund. Garsten was previously with Credit Suisse Asset Management and ran...