Mike Clements and Pras Jeyanandhan, the Fund Manager’s of the VT Downing European Unconstrained Income Fund, have over 31 years of investment experience between them.
Mike, named as a 'fund veteran' by Citywire, was also fund manager at Franklin Templeton Investments where he managed the €3 billion Franklin European Growth Fund and related mandates. He went on to be the Head of European Equities at Syz Asset Management, managing a range of Pan European and Europe ex. UK funds, including the Oyster Continental European Income Fund.
Pras joined Mike at Syz Asset Management in 2015 as an investment analyst and then portfolio manager. From January 2019, Pras co-managed the Oyster European Opportunities Fund alongside Mike.
Find out more about the fund managers philosophy here.
The managers of this European income fund seeks to generate capital growth and income over the long term (5+ years). They aim to identify high quality companies that have a long term sustainable competitive advantage.