EFM dumped by Croydon

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UK - The £400m London Borough Croydon Pension Fund has dumped Edinburgh Fund Managers from a £47m UK small-to-mid caps active equity mandate, citing volatile market conditions as the reason behind the move.

Hermes Investment Management, which in August was appointed to a £220m UK passive portfolio previously run in-house, is to temporarily oversee the assets. Ian Talbot, assistant director of finance...

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