Investors can buy into the firm’s flagship International Growth and Value Fund, European Growth and Value Fund and its Kingsway Fund through either THS’ own website or Interactive Investor.
The plan is to make the retail x-class shares in each fund available across additional investment platforms over the next few months.
The £585m International Growth and Value Fund was launched in 1999 and has significantly outperformed the global growth sector since inception. The graph below shows its performance versus the sector since October 1999.
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THS Partners said the fund is not managed against a benchmark but has outperformed the MSCI World Index by 3.7% per annum since inception after fees.
Investors in the x-class shares will have no initial charge and an annual management fee of 0.75%. The minimum initial investment is £2,500.
Cato Stonex, the last remaining co-founder at the business and fund manager, said: “The reputation of the sector as long-term custodians of wealth is under increasing scrutiny and UK and European-based asset managers need to respond accordingly.
“Numerous US active managers have reduced fees to meet client demand yet returns for the average European investor are consistently undercut through higher charges. Even an AMC of 1.25% – a rate adopted by some of the lower-cost managers – is proven to significantly drive down returns when applied on a compound basis.”