Fund flexibility and weathering the COVID storm

Blue Whale Capital LLP is a London-based boutique asset management firm, co-founded in 2016 by Peter Hargreaves and Stephen Yiu. The firm is committed to delivering significant outperformance for investors. The LF Blue Whale Growth Fund is the firm’s flagship Fund. It is a long-only global equity fund, focussing on large-cap stocks in developed markets., investing into 25-35 stocks. The five-member investment team, led by Stephen Yiu, embraces a high conviction, valuation-driven approach to stock selection. All research is independent and conducted in-house, with priority given to internal financial modelling and proprietary valuation metrics.

At Chelverton we believe in doing things properly. We invest in proper companies. That do proper things. Managed by sensible people. For intelligent investors, who care. Founded in 1998, we are a boutique asset management business with a specialist focus on investing in sub-FTSE 100 equities and unquoted small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Devon Equity Management was set up by top-performing European fund manager, Alexander Darwall, in November 2019. At Devon, Alexander continues to apply his high conviction stock-picking investment style in the management of a FTSE 250 investment trust, European Opportunities Trust PLC, a European equities portfolio which he has managed since launch in November 2000.

Kennox is an independent global equities investment manager based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Our sole focus is the Kennox Strategic Value strategy, a high conviction portfolio launched by our investment team in 2007. We are active value investors and think only long-term. Our independence gives us the genuine ability to do this – a key advantage in a market driven by often counter-productive short-termism. Our straightforward but highly focused approach leaves us free from unnecessary distractions, and ensures that we are optimally placed to deliver attractive, risk adjusted, long-term investment returns. Naturally we are investors in the strategy.

Sanford DeLand Asset Management (SDL) was established in March 2010 and manages the UK Buffettology Fund and the Free Spirit Fund. Unlike many City asset management firms, over 40% of the company's share capital is owned by the directors of the business.

Seilern Investment Management is a London-based asset manager that provides quality growth investment strategies to pension funds and other institutional investors including family offices and fund of funds. For the past thirty years, we have been focused on delivering superior returns to long-term investors, through a range of high-conviction, low-turnover equity portfolios, which are rigorously researched by our investment team. We aim to identify quality businesses that have a long-term sustainable advantage and predictable growth. The Seilern fund range includes global, US and European equity portfolios.

SVM was established in 1990 on a straightforward premise: We wanted to create an environment where talented investment professionals would have the flexibility to run funds to the best of their ability. Our focus is on managing equity funds through exhaustive fundamental research.

Symvan Capital is a leading early stage technology venture capital firm, focussing on late Seed to Series A UK technology. Fintech, blockchain, VR/AR for enterprises and HRtech are all areas of interest. Subscribers to Symvan's technology fund are able to benefit from EIS income tax and CGT relief.

At The Scottish, our experienced team adopts a high conviction, global contrarian investment approach that clearly distinguishes the Company from our global investment trust peers and from passive investment products. The contrarian approach aims to profit by investing in carefully selected, but unfashionable, companies which appear undervalued as they are overlooked by other investors who prefer the comfort of investing with the crowd. As an independent investment trust, The Scottish is able to take this differentiated view in the long-term interest of shareholders. Our closed-ended fund structure allows us to be patient with our investments.