Previously called WS Evenlode Global Equity
Evenlode focuses exclusively on ‘quality’ companies, which are characterised by their ability to achieve sustainable growth over time while minimising the need for additional capital reinvestment. This fund is a concentrated portfolio of these quality companies from across the world. The fund has benefitted from having two very impressive fund managers at its helm, and has enjoyed impressive performance since its launch in July 2020.
Chris Elliott, James Knoedler
The two managers of this fund are Chris Elliot and James Knoedler. Chris became the manager of this fund at launch in 2020. He is also a fund manager on the Elite Rated IFSL Evenlode Global Income strategy, launched in 2017. Chris is a qualified Chartered Financial Analyst and has a degree from the University of Cambridge in Mathematics and Economics. Prior to Evenlode, Chris worked as a senior software engineer.
James Knoedler joined Evenlode in 2020 as a fund manager. He previously worked as an analyst at Independent Franchise Partners (IFP), and before that he was an analyst at Arisaig Partners and Newlands Investment Management. James graduated from Oxford University with a first-class degree in English and holds a Masters in Finance from the London Business School.
IFSL Evenlode Global Equity has, unsurprisingly, been a success story since its launch. It has benefitted from having two very impressive fund managers. Its success has also been driven by the clear and proven investment process used by the team across its strategies, as well as the in-house software system called ‘Eddie’ which helps the team find these high-quality cash-generative companies that have provided consistent outperformance.
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