Liontrust adds fund manager duo to Special Situations and UK Growth funds

Victoria Stevens and Matt Tonge

Victoria Stevens and Matt Tonge have joined Anthony Cross and Julian Fosh as fund managers of the £4.8bn Liontrust Special Situations and £992m Liontrust UK Growth funds.

Stevens and Tonge have managed the £160m Liontrust UK Micro Cap fund since its launch in March 2016. They have also worked as fund managers of the £1.1bn Liontrust UK Smaller Companies fund since 2016, alongside Fosh and Cross.  In the last five years, the UK Micro Cap and UK Smaller Companies funds have returned 45% and 26.7% respectively, while the IA UK Smaller Companies sector is up 3.1% over the same period, according to data from FE fundinfo. Liontrust said both managers have supported existing managers on the day-to-day management of the Special Situations and UK Growth funds. ...