In the week that troubled asset manager Liontrust revealed quarterly net inflows for the first time in over two years, two of its portfolio managers proved investors were right to have faith by beating their peers by almost 4 percentage points, for the third time in six months.

Anthony Cross and Julian Fosh, who manage Liontrust's UK Smaller Cap fund, made 4.1% between the start of business on Monday and the close of play on Thursday, according to data from Financial Express.