Liontrust's Milburn and Roberts on 'keeping it simple' as they ready trio of funds

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Natalie Kenway
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Liontrust Asset Management's new fixed income managers Phil Milburn and David Roberts have unveiled further details of their upcoming launches in the strategic bond, high yield and absolute return sectors, subject to regulatory approval.

The pair said all strategies will be global in nature and will be able to collapse interest rate risk to zero should they want to. They also said they will work with a "comparatively smaller group of clients" than they did before in Kames Capital's fixed income team, which will help them ensure investors understand how the funds will perform. Roberts said: "We will be very clear in how we are positioned, ensuring the clients understand how the funds will perform at any point in time." Update: Liontrust plans triple bond fund launches as Baillie Gifford's Phillips to join team He...

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