Godber joins former Miton colleague Hamilton at Polar Capital

Fund launched in January

Laura Dew
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George Godber has joined his former co-fund manager Georgina Hamilton at Polar Capital, one year after the pair left Miton.

Hamilton joined Polar Capital in October 2016 and set up a new UK Value Opportunities fund at Polar Capital in January 2017. However, Godber (pictured) had a year-long notice period with Miton so only joined this week. The Polar Capital UK Value Opportunities fund has £169m at the end of 31 March. The fund has a multi-cap approach and seeks to uncover stocks trading at a discount to their intrinsic value. The duo previously ran the UK Value Opportunities fund at Miton, which peaked at £869m, before stepping down last April. Prior to this, they worked together at Matterley. Iain...

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