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Chris Ford
Evelyn Partners Fund Solutions, Sanlam Investments UK Limited
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Manager profile
Chris is head of growth equities at Sanlam Investments UK. He is co-manager of the Sanlam Global Artificial Intelligence Fund , Sanlam North American Fund, and the Sanlam Asia Pacific Artificial Intelligence Fund. Prior to joining Sanlam in January 2021 Chris worked at Smith & Williamson which he joined in May 2015 to manage the Smith & Williamson North American Equity Fund and Smith & Williamson Mid Ocean World Investment Fund. Chris joined Smith & Williamson from Pictet Asset Management where he managed Global and US equities. Prior to this he managed US equities at Schroders and US and technology equities at Aegon Asset Management. Chris graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BA (Hons) in Music, an MMus from the University of Glasgow and an MBA from the University of Edinburgh. Chris also holds the IMC.
Total return for Chris Ford
Manager career performance
Rolling Alpha Quartile: Discrete three year periods
Rolling Alpha Quartile shows a manager's alpha score in quartile terms, plotting his or her risk adjusted performance against all other managers in the UT & OEICs universe. The best managers are those who are consistently ranked in the first or second quartile.
 
Quartile 1
Quartile 2
Quartile 3
Quartile 4
 
 
 
 
 
61-97m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
73-109m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
85-121m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
97-133m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
109-145m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discrete calendar year performance : Chris Ford

Manager career performance
Discrete performance
  0-12m 12-24m 24-36m 36-48m 48-60m 60-72m 72-84m 84-96m 96-108m 108-120m
Chris Ford 10.7 10.7 -17.1 24.2 42.2 18.7 8.3 13.6 24.9 -2.3
Peer Group Composite 29.3 14.1 -20.9 20.6 35.2 14.3 10.2 11.7 26.7 1.7
Over / Under -18.6 -3.4 3.8 3.6 7.0 4.4 -1.9 1.9 -1.8 -4.0
Performance vs peer group composite: Chris Ford
How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.
 
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Underperformed peer group composite
5 years
out of a possible 10
 
Rising markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
4 years
out of a possible 9
 
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out of a possible 1
Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
SVS Sanlam North American Equity Co-managed IA North America since May 11 2015 to present
Sanlam Global Artificial Intelligence Co-managed IA Global since Jun 27 2017 to present
Sanlam Asia Pacific Artificial Intelligence Co-managed IA Asia Pacific Including Japan since Feb 15 2022 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
Sanlam Artificial Intelligence since Jun 23 2017 to fund close
Fusion dans US Equity Value Selection since Dec 01 2006 to fund close
AEGON Technology since Mar 15 2004 to Sep 30 2006
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