Jupiter Asset Management is delighted to announce it has won a mandate from Investment Solutions to manage a portfolio of UK equities.
 
The mandate will invest directly in the Jupiter UK Alpha Fund, a unit trust managed by Ben Whitmore. This Fund holds a basket of stocks that comprise the 'best ideas' of Jupiter's award-winning UK equity team, including Edward Bonham Carter, Philip Gibbs, Ian McVeigh and Anthony Nutt. This strategy is proving very successful, with the Fund producing strong relative returns.

Charlie Crole, Institutional Client Director at Jupiter, said: "The Jupiter UK Alpha Fund offers an excellent opportunity for clients to benefit from the collective brains of one of the best UK equity teams in the country. The strategy has received increasing interest from institutional and multi-manager investors and we are delighted that Investment Solutions has chosen to invest."
 
Suzanne Lubbe, Research Analyst at Investment Solutions, said: "Jupiter has an excellent reputation for managing specialist high-alpha portfolios. This Fund provides access to some of the managers' best stock ideas."

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Notes to editors:
Jupiter Unit Trust Managers Limited (JUTM) and Jupiter Asset Management (JAM) are both authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and their registered address is Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7JJ. They are both subsidiaries of Jupiter Investment Management Group Limited and the group is collectively known as "Jupiter".