“A programme of speakers all talking about the importance of being different may have a degree of irony about it but, given the venue for this particular Events-Hub Conference was The Jockey Club in Newmarket, it was certainly appropriate the five fund managers were each keen to distance themselves from the rest of the field.”

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Fund Watch: Find out the views of F&C multi-manager duo Gary Potter (left) and Rob Burdett on the ups and downs of the fund world over the last quarter. Read more>>