McKenzie calls time on Saracen career to join Amati Global Investors
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Seven-year stint comes to an end
Scott McKenzie of Amati Global Investors
Head of research at Saracen Fund Managers and manager of the TB Saracen UK Alpha and UK Income funds, Scott McKenzie, has left the firm after nearly seven years to join Amati Global Investors.
McKenzie, whose career in UK equities spans more than 20 years, joins CEO Paul Jourdan, David Stevenson, Anna Macdonald and Dr Gareth Blades on Amati s investment team and will work across the TB Amati UK Smaller Companies Fund, Amati AIM VCT and the Amati AIM IHT Portfolio Service.
Funds investing in the UK were some of the top performers in the first quarter of this year as Britain s fast roll-out of vaccines has tempted some investors to bet on the country s recovery.
The Investment Association s UK Smaller Companies sector came top of the table, with returns of 9 per cent in the first three months of the year, while UK Equity Income funds were in third position, up 6.8 per cent, and UK All Companies up 5.8 per cent.
North American smaller companies are also benefiting more than large caps from the expected economic recovery, with the average fund in that sector growing 6.9 per cent.
UK equity sectors had another strong month in March, as sterling rebounded and confidence in the UK returned to markets, while the reversal of fortunes for growth and value oriented strategies hurt Baillie Gifford funds. The UK Equity Income sector, last year s dog, came in second in terms of average performance, rising 4.81% - hot on the heels of the Global Equity Income sector s performance of 5.1%. The UK Smaller.
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