Jupiter's Chatfeild-Roberts to step down from board to focus on fund management

Runs Jupiter Merlin portfolios

Jupiter Fund Management's John Chatfeild-Roberts will be stepping down from the board with effect from 30 November to focus solely on his Merlin portfolios.

Chatfeild-Roberts (pictured) has served on the board for nine years and has worked at Jupiter for 15 years, including five years as CIO. Together with Algy Smith-Maxwell, he is responsible for creating and managing the Jupiter Merlin fund range. The range includes five multi-asset portfolios with different asset allocations, from Jupiter Merlin Conservative to Jupiter Merlin Growth and Worldwide funds. The £2bn Growth fund has returned 32% over three years to 23 November versus its IA Flexible Investments sector average of 18.6%, according to FE. Over the same period, the Income po...