Trailblazer Awards 2019: Q&A with Ryan Lightfoot-Brown

Recognising the next generation of influential UK investors

Investment Week
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Following Investment Week's inaugural Trailblazer Awards in June, we speak to a different winner each week regarding some of their greatest achievements and the challenges they have faced over their career.

This week, we chat to Ryan Lightfoot-Brown, senior research analyst at Chelsea Financial Services. What has been your most successful asset allocation decision so far? When launching our funds in June 2017, we were concerned regarding the prospects for fixed income. As such, we made the decision to invest into a 'suite' of infrastructure investment trusts. Not only was this a good asset allocation call, it was also a new space for us as investors and as a firm and we have since expanded into renewable energy, care homes and student property. The total return and defensive charact...

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