About Vanessa
Vanessa Sinclair joined as a fund manager in 2025, having previously led the equity investment specialist group at GAM. Prior to GAM, she managed equity product at 1859 Capital, a collaborative multi-asset hedge fund. Vanessa began her career at Mercury Asset Management as a portfolio manager on the Emerging Markets team and has also held various roles at Morgan Stanley. She is a graduate of the London School of Economics.
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Global Equities team's funds
Global Equities Team
The Liontrust Balanced Fund is managed by Mark Hawtin and Kevin Kruczynski. The Fund aims to generate capital growth over the long term (5 years or more) with the potential for income through investing in global equities and bonds.
Global Equities Team
The Fund seeks to invest in Emerging Leaders equities, which are companies with the resources and capabilities to survive and prosper given the huge levels of disruption across the economy in China.
Global Equities Team
The Fund seeks to identify Emerging Leaders equities, which are companies with the resources and capabilities to survive and prosper given the huge levels of disruption across emerging markets economies.
Global Equities Team
The Fund seeks to deliver capital appreciation over the long term by taking long, synthetic long and synthetic short positions, primarily in global equities and equity related derivatives.
Global Equities Team
The Liontrust Global Alpha Fund is managed by Mark Hawtin and Pieran Maru. The fund managers aim to deliver Alpha (i.e. capital growth in excess of the MSCI AC World Index) by running an actively managed portfolio and investing in securities using a combination of economic, industry and stock specific analysis irrespective of a benchmark index.
Global Equities Team
The Fund seeks to identify companies that will be the beneficiaries of digitalisation in the US and invest across three different categories of these beneficiaries: the disruptors, embracers and enablers.
Global Equities Team
The Fund seeks to identify Emerging Leaders equities, which are companies with the resources and capabilities to survive and prosper given the huge levels of disruption across the economy in India.
Global Equities Team
The Fund seeks to identify Emerging Leaders equities, which are companies with the resources and capabilities to survive and prosper given the huge levels of disruption across Latin American economies.
Global Equities Team
The Fund seeks to identify Industry Leaders via a sector-by-sector analysis process, investing in companies that dominate their global industry. These stocks have exposure to faster growing regions, such as emerging markets.
Global Equities Team
The Fund seeks to identify Emerging Leaders equities, which are companies with the resources and capabilities to survive and prosper given the huge levels of disruption across the economy in Russia.
Global Equities Team
The Ireland-domiciled and Article 8 Fund is managed by Mark Hawtin and Pieran Maru. The fund managers aim to deliver alpha (capital growth in excess of the MSCI AC World Index) by running an actively managed portfolio and investing in securities using a combination of economic, industry and stock specific analysis irrespective of a benchmark index.
