Liontrust close strat bond fund as credit team exits

Michael Mabbutt and Felix Martin, co-managers of the Liontrust GF Global Strategic Bond Fund have resigned, the firm said on Wednesday.

Liontrust close strat bond fund as credit team exits

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As a result of the departure, Liontrust is closing the £33m fund. According to the firm, dealing in the fund was suspended on 15 January 2016, and it will be wound up on 29 January, 2016.

The departure of the pair comes as a blow to the firm’s strategy of diversifying and broadening its fund range as it means the closure of its only fixed income product. Mabbutt and Martin joined at the beginning of 2013 from Thames River to set up Liontrust’s global credit team.

According to FE Analytics data the fund has returned -8.38% since launch, although over one year it has produced a return of 6.7%

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