Pyrford CEO: We are not known by retail market as we lacked a 'star' manager

Expansion into the UK

Laura Dew
clock • 6 min read

Pyrford chief executive and chief investment officer Tony Cousins tells Laura Dew why now is the right time for expansion into the UK market.

For over 25 years, Pyrford International has been slowly and surely making its mark on the institutional market place with its range of global funds. Now surpassing $12bn in assets under management, the suite includes global absolute return, global equity, European equity and Asia ex Japan strategies. The group's history dates back to 1982 when Bruce Campbell founded Elders Investment Management within the larger Elders company in Australia. He then relocated to London to become manager of the global pension funds of Elders IXL Group. However, in 1991, Campbell and employees comple...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Funds

Hargreaves Lansdown adds Baillie Gifford Sustainable Income fund to Wealth Shortlist

Hargreaves Lansdown adds Baillie Gifford Sustainable Income fund to Wealth Shortlist

‘Useful addition’ to an income portfolio

Eve Maddock-Jones
clock 25 April 2024 • 2 min read
Property and money market funds stand as sole beneficiaries of net inflows in March

Property and money market funds stand as sole beneficiaries of net inflows in March

General outflows trend persists

Eve Maddock-Jones
clock 23 April 2024 • 2 min read
Asset Value Investors launches open-ended version of £200m Japan Opportunity trust

Asset Value Investors launches open-ended version of £200m Japan Opportunity trust

Also run by CEO and CIO Joe Bauernfreund

Valeria Martinez
clock 23 April 2024 • 1 min read
Trustpilot