A marriage of margins and management

Paul Marriage brings his experience to play at Cazenove, as his UK small-cap fund climbs the ranks of its peer group

Paul Marriage has managed the Cazenove UK Smaller Companies fund since the beginning of the year, after joining the firm from Insight Investment at the end of November 2005. At his former employer, the manager looked after offerings worth around £700m, he said, whereas the fund he now runs at Cazenove currently holds £20m of assets under management. "It is a chance to prove I can pick stocks," he said of the move. He defines small caps as those listed within the bottom 10% of the market, meaning the largest capitalisations stand at around £700m. The Cazenove offering shows single year b...