Eric Sturdza Investments launches US-focused small and mid-cap strategy

Strategic US Opportunities fund

Eric Sturdza Investments (ESI) has extended its partnership with Crawford Fund Management by launching the Strategic US Opportunities fund, a long-only version of its Strategic Long Short fund.

Boston-based Crawford Fund Management will manage ESI's Strategic US Opportunities fund, which will hold between 20 and 50 stocks. At present, most of owner operated firms in the small and mid-cap space represent between 10% and 15% of the publicly traded equity universe in the US. Management teams from owner operators tend to generate their income primarily from equity value creation rather than from their salaries and bonuses, the firm explained. Eric Sturdza poaches veteran portfolio manager from Unigestion Christoper Crawford, chief information officer at Crawford FM, said: "We...