Willem Vinke, a European equities portfolio manager at the investment boutique JO Hambro Capital Management, has resigned to return to his native Netherlands after six years with the firm. He will be succeeded by Robbie Wouters, his deputy on the two European Select Values funds, together worth about €115m ($168m).

Vinke's two funds - a pan-European product and a continental equivalent - had a good 2007 but have struggled with performance so far in 2008.