John Ions, CEO of Liontrust Asset Management, talks about running a fund management business through a stock market crash, how the company transitioned to 100% working from home and the technologies and change of working practices he believes will outlive the pandemic. John also discusses the successful UK equity franchise; how responsible...
Kunjal Gala, co-manager of Hermes Global Emerging Markets SMID Equity talks to us about how some emerging markets – like Turkey, South Africa and Argentina - are going backwards in terms of economic development. He discusses how oil and metal producing Latin American and EMEA countries will find the move to a low carbon economy debilitating, how...
We have exciting news in the West household: we’re adopting a rescue dog! We don’t actually know...
The stock market falls in February and March were so fast and so deep that Hugh Sergeant, manager of ES R&M UK Recovery fund, says this is the best opportunity to buy value stocks in his 30-year career – the key is simply to work out which companies can survive. In this podcast he tells us about new holdings he has bought including WH Smith,...
Life at the moment seems to be dictated by one list or another. Staying inside all day means I’ve...
“Successful investing is about managing risk and not being afraid to hold cash when you can’t find assets at the right price,” is the mantra of fund manager James Mahon. And it is very apt in today’s situation. Having been very cautiously positioned at the start of the year, as all assets were expensive, he spent March and April using cash to buy...
“Usually you get bargains in a recession, but this one is different: it’s a Control-Alt-Delete...
“Governments and central banks have spent the last decade trying to avoid a recession – then along comes this pandemic,” says John Bennett, manager of Janus Henderson European Focus fund. “Usually you get bargains in a recession, but this one is different: it’s a Control-Alt-Delete recession and the global economy has been reset.” John discusses...
With so much uncertainty in the world in the short term, Zed Osmani manager of Legg Mason IF Martin...
“It felt like a ‘going out of business’ sale, where people were tripping over each other to buy the bargains. There were just so many good companies I bought 14 new names.” This is how Eric Moffett, manager of T. Rowe Price Asian Opportunities Equity, described the investment opportunities afforded by the markets falls in March. He also tells us...
It’s the final week of our Introduction to Investing ‘course’ and, while I think many were hoping it...
Mark Sherlock, lead portfolio manager of the Hermes US SMID Equity fund, and his colleague Steve Chiavarone, discuss ditching oil-related companies and shopping malls and reinvesting in tech. They also talk about the possibility of the US bringing manufacturing home - and how smaller companies could be a big part of reconfigured supply chains… With...
The co-managers of Kames Global Sustainable Equity fund, Craig Bonthron and Neil Goddin, have left...
Dr. Paul Jourdan, co-manager of the TB Amati UK Smaller Companies fund, talks to us about the disbelief and then panic that defined stock market behaviour in March as the global pandemic took hold. He discusses the wide variety of UK smaller companies that are actually benefiting from lockdown - from musical instrument retailers to conferencing...
Bruce Stout, manager of Murray International Trust, talks us through current investment...