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Alex Sumner
Valu-Trac Investment Managemen
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Manager profile
Gareth and Alex co-manage the Blackfinch multi-asset portfolios. They are highly qualified investment professionals with extensive skills. Combined they have over 25 years’ experience in investment management. They bring expertise in the construction of mainstream investment products, managing private client portfolios and working closely with financial advisers. Each is a chartered fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
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Discrete calendar year performance : Alex Sumner

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
Alex Sumner 4.7 -2.2 -3.1 13.0 - - - - - -
Peer Group Composite 6.8 -2.2 -1.2 16.9 - - - - - -
Over / Under -2.1 0.0 -1.9 -3.9 - - - - - -
Performance vs peer group composite: Alex Sumner
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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Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
VT Blackfinch Cautious Portfolio Co-managed UT Mixed Investment 20-60% Shares since May 01 2020 to present
VT Blackfinch Defensive Portfolio Co-managed UT Mixed Investment 0-35% Shares since May 01 2020 to present
VT Blackfinch Income Portfolio Co-managed UT Flexible Investment since May 01 2020 to present
Funds managed previously
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No previously managed funds
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