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Occupying the middle ground: Keiron Root talks to a fund manager who makes the most of mid-cap stocks.

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| December 01, 2005 | Root, Keiron | COPYRIGHT 2005 Vitesse Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Leigh Himsworth is not your typical fund manager. Based in the Leeds office of Rensburg Fund Management, the investment management subsidiary of private client stockbroker Rensburg Sheppards, he had a financial career outside of the investment business before entering fund management. And he now specialises in the often-overlooked area of mid-cap companies.

"My background includes a law degree, after which I trained as an accountant for five years and did an MBA for a year," says Himsworth. "Then I joined Rensburg. I had three years primarily on the fund management side, and then moved to the Nestle pension fund, where I concentrated on small and mid-cap stocks. ...

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