BDT InvestGroup comes through bear market unscathed

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Rob Brewis, Simon Dobson and Henry Thornton, who set up BDT Invest in 2000, have survived a tough three-year bear market and come out the other side with in the region of $400m in assets

When Rob Brewis, Simon Dobson and Henry Thornton decided to form the specialist boutique BDT Invest, their timing could not have been worse. "It was April 2000 when the three of us shook hands and decided to establish BDT Invest. If we knew a three-year bear market laid in store, we would probably not have gone ahead," Dobson explains. Now, however, $400m in assets and five funds later, the trio have no regrets. The pooling of their skills and experience, alongside several high-profile fund management recruits, has resulted in one of the most highly regarded specialist managers in the Fa...