EdenTree's Harris: My big growth drivers in 'odd' areas of the market

Increased focus on small and mid caps

EdenTree's Philip Harris has highlighted some interesting businesses from "dull" parts of the market that have attracted his interest as he seeks to make his mark on the £172m UK Equity Growth fund.

The manager, who previously worked at RWC Partners and Hermes IM, took over the fund from Andrew Jackson in September last year. Harris said he was pleased with the portfolio he inherited as he and Jackson have a similar investment approach. But he has since increased the fund's focus on small- and mid-cap companies where he believes the best value can be found. He said: "Small- and mid cap is the core of the portfolio and where the chance to add value is enormous. "These stocks are already badly followed and new regulation is going to make that worse so they will struggle to find ...