Brown Advisory wins Jupiter US Smaller Companies mandate

Successor to outgoing manager Siddles named

Brown Advisory has been chosen as the new investment manager of the £159m Jupiter US Smaller Companies trust.

The US firm, which has $100bn in assets under management (AUM), is replacing manager Robert Siddles, who is stepping down from the trust next year. Jupiter could lose US Smaller Companies trust after Siddles' retirement Having managed the trust for 19 years, Siddles announced in October he had decided to retire for family reasons with effect from April 2021. Brown Advisory will manage the trust using its own US small cap strategy, the $2.1bn Brown Advisory US Small Cap Growth fund. This fund is managed by Christopher Berrier and George Sakellaris, who will oversee management of ...