INVESTMENT firm Border Asset Management has bucked the downbeat market trend by opening an office in Harrogate. The investment portfolio manager, which also has an office in Kirkby Lonsdale, is rated as one of the top ten growing investment managers in the country. “We have found that there is a demand for a genuinely individual investment service at the local level,” said Mark Arkwright of BAM. “We have been steadily growing our Yorkshire client base and feel that now is the right time to confirm our commitment to Harrogate.” BAM provides investment management and access to stockbroking services to private individuals, family trusts, charities and pension funds, and their professional advisers.