Pease: How to pick the winners in turbulent Europe

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Thirty-year industry veteran Richard Pease is director of European equities at Henderson, sole manager of the £402m European Special Situations fund and co-manager of the £828m European Growth fund.

European Special Situations has returned 5.4% against a sector average of 3.8% over the year to 31 August. European Growth, which has a longer track record, has returned 8.3% over five years, placing it in the top quartile of the peer group. Speaking exclusively to Investment Week after he scooped Morningstar OBSR’s coveted Outstanding Investor award for 2012, Pease outlined lessons learnt over a long career in equity investing, his biggest investment mistake, and how he would solve the eurozone debt crisis.  Who has had the biggest influence on your career? John Duffield, my old bo...

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