Schroder ISF Euro Active Value:Qual. Rating Issued
Schroder ISF Euro Active Value is a better fund since it changed managers in late 2007, but it’s not yet a particularly compelling choice.
"Riitta Hujanen has run this fund since she joined Schroders in Dec. 2007. She was also handed two other European equity mandates and a year later she was given an Italian equity fund to run. Hujanen has been involved in European equities since 1999 and has been a true value investor throughout. We find that her style suits these European funds well, as they have been run historically with a value bias. We’re also pleased that she replaced managers who had stepped outside their areas of expertise to run these funds and performed poorly as a result. However, we fear she may be stretched too thin and note her lack of experience in running a standalone Italian equity mandate."
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