Schroders to launch high conviction global equity fund

Schroders plans to launch a new high conviction global equity fund, Schroder Global Alpha Plus, in May.

Subject to FSA approval, the Schroder Global Alpha Plus fund will typically invest in 30 stocks and will be run by experienced institutional managers Virginie Maisonneuve and Jonathan Armitage. Maisonneuve is the group's head of global equities and Armitage is head of US equities. The managers have a combined 39 years experience managing money. The group already runs four high conviction Alpha Plus equity portfolios - Richard Buxton's UK Alpha Plus, Leon Howard-Spink's European Alpha Plus, Nathan Gibbs' Japan Alpha Plus and Matthew Dobbs' Asian Alpha Plus. Schroder Global Alpha Plu...