Is there anyway to follow fund managers

blinko

Is there anyway to follow fund managers purchases and sells other than going through every RNS

Loughton_Monkey

..... er.... what about buying a unit or two in his fund?

Don't know what exactly you're getting at here? Trying to 'DIY' but without paying the funds 1.5% charge maybe? If so, this is faulted on two counts, I think:

1. No way could you obtain the same economies of scale when buying your £300 of stock [compared with his £30 million].

2. You might have your £10K invested exactly in the same instruments and proportions as the fund manager's £800 million today. You have no 'new money' tomorrow. He has £10 million 'new' money. How do you emulate that? Or maybe it's the other way round. His buys/sells cancel each other out, so does nothing. You have another £1,000 to bung in. You can't practically bung that in exact proportions into 86 different shares.

Jegersmart

It depends on how time-sensitive you are. On Trustnet they have periodical (monthly perhaps?) updates of changes in fund holdings. I manage actively and this is enough for me. Hope that helps.

blinko

Im not actually looking to replicate a fund by itself. I wouldm't bother I would rather they had the 3% expenses and I can sit back and relax.

Im more looking at their movements and ideally trying to figure out why. I do picking stocks with II's invovled as mentioned above I beleive they have greater leverage than me in my bedroom

I do have several funds that I monitor and I believe JPM nat resources updates quartlry and some monthly so I keep my eye on them