Duncan Green

SIM is an active investment manager that utilizes a contrarian investment approach supported by fundamental, in-house research, regular company visits and their group's global network. Research is shared worldwide within the parent group and is organized in specialist teams, with local specialists contributing their expertise to global sector teams. The firm also utilizes their proprietary software, the Global Research Investment Database, to integrate and distribute in-house and external research, assisting investment managers in portfolio construction. They manage risk through another proprietary tool called Portfolio Risk Investment Strategy Manager (PRISM).

SAM-UK aims to manage their investments to capture maximum upside but also downside protection. The firm selects fund managers based on their ability to demonstrate a sound investment philosophy and apply it to the market, monitoring them regularly against agreed investment objectives and risk.