Guernsey-based Dominion Funds has boosted its sales force with the addition of Dan Haylett and Sophia Murday to its UK sales team, charging them predominantly with developing intermediary and discretionary interest in its Global Trends range of funds.

Haylett, who has been named business development manager, joins from Ignis Asset Management, where he had overseen the firm’s relationship and sales activity in the London and southeast region.

Murday, meanwhile, joins Dominion as sales development manager. She previously managed family office relationships at Chrystal Capital Partners.

Dominion launched its Dominion Global Trends Strategic Fund in late September, which selects stocks from a universe of around 150 securities. The fund’s managers have identified 10 sectors which it sees as likely to make returns: agriculture; health, consumer discretionary spending; infrastructure and logistics; consumer staples; metals and mining; energy; technology and telecoms; finance and commerce; and water.

Another vehicle in the range is the Global Trends Consumer Fund, which aims to capitalise on trends such as the growth of an affluent, brand-conscious middle class in emerging markets. Launched in June 2007, that fund has delivered cumulative returns (in sterling) since the start of 2012 of 6.7 per cent, against a gain of 3.5 per cent for international equities. It has a five-year return performance of over 27 per cent, comfortably ahead of international stocks (Source: Trustnet.)