According to Slater, manager of the firm’s American Fund, the goal is to think about a company’s long term prospects.
“We are looking for companies where we can make at least 2.5 times our money over the next five years and we have been finding a lot of those opportunities,” he said, adding: “We feel that backing the few entrepreneurs who are really prepared to invest in the long term will deliver really attractive payoffs on a five-year view.