Partner Insight: Three Minutes with Comgest's James Hanford

James Hanford, Analyst and Portfolio Manager at COMGEST shares insights on how the team at COMGEST identify quality growth, how they approach and understand risk in quality businesses, why they are sector agnostic and why quality growth investing is in the firm's DNA.

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James Hanford, Analyst and Portfolio Manager at COMGEST
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James Hanford, Analyst and Portfolio Manager at COMGEST

Quality growth companies like Hermes, Novo Nordisk, L'Oreal, and ASML have a demonstrated history of growth through a range of market environments, recessions, inflationary periods, and wars. They all share characteristics such as a strong reputation, and long-term and robust demand for their products even during tough market conditions. 

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