MAM Funds

MAM Funds has upped its stake in Colin McLean's £146m SVM Global investment trust, fuelling speculation of impending corporate action by its shareholders.

MAM Funds is preparing to expand its product range with the addition of a UK smaller companies fund for Gervais Williams and a US equity fund for Nick Ford.

MAM Funds' Martin Gray is eyeing developed market government bonds with a view to reinvesting in the asset class, after taking profits over the summer.

MAM Funds has poached Matterley co-founder George Godber and analyst Georgina Hamilton, Investment Week understands.

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MAM Funds has hired Scottish Widows Investment Partnership's Nick Ford as part of a drive to expand its investment capabilities.

MAM Funds' Simon Callow has been adding risk back into his CF Midas Balanced Growth fund during the second quarter by increasing his positions in international equity funds.

MAM Funds has reported a boost to funds under management following net inflows in the first half of the year.

MAM Funds has renamed Martin Gray and James Sullivan's CF Miton Arcturus fund and is preparing to move it into the IMA's Absolute Return sector.

MAM Funds is hoping to as much as double the assets in Gervais Williams' Diverse Income trust through a C-share issue.