Dickie Hodges: Why equity markets will hit 'all-time highs' again by year-end

Navigating coronavirus volatility

Mike Sheen
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Richard 'Dickie' Hodges, head of unconstrained income and manager of the Nomura Global Dynamic Bond fund, talks to Mike Sheen about how he is navigating the coronavirus crisis as it unfolds, contrarianism and why he would impose a ban on share buybacks.

Dickie Hodges' career in fixed income markets spans over three decades and includes spells at Chase Manhattan, Gartmore and LGIM, building expertise across markets. While at LGIM, Hodges built up a £50m fund almost identical to the strategy he manages for his current employer to roughly £2.4bn in AUM during his time there. Anthony Bolton: Don't get more bearish as markets go down After joining Nomura in 2017, he has since built the firm's Global Dynamic Bond fund from $10m in seed capital to almost $1.6bn. Notably, amid the ongoing pandemic-induced crisis, Hodges is no stranger ...

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