S&W manager Focke celebrates ten year term

Under her leadership the fund has enjoyed top quartile performances over one, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten year periods. Focke works closely with Sophia Chambré on the fund, which aims to achieve long-term capital growth through investment in securities quoted on markets in North America. “The last ten years have been tremendous and North America is a fascinating sector to invest in,” Focke says. “I find there is no substitute for research and so where possible I visit the companies in which we invest to get to know them first-hand. “This is one of the things whic...