Four female managers offering performance and diversification

BMO's Kelly Prior picks

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Kelly Prior, fund manager in the multi-manager people team at BMO Global Asset Management, gives Investment Week examples of female fund managers she believes could offer investors strong performance and portfolio diversification over the long term.

Alice Wang, Quaero Capital, portfolio manager of Asia Bamboo fund and the China fund Born in China and raised in San Diego, Alice joined Lloyd George in 2015, at this point she had no financial background, having previously worked at Tencent as a brand strategist. In the following years, of the four analysts contributing ideas to the China fund, Alice generated a significant amount of the alpha. Quaero Capital has always outsourced their Asian investment to Lloyd George, so when they were looking for a lead manager in 2020 Alice was a natural choice given her track record. A fervent idea ...

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