Newton: the firm where stability meets change

When Investment Week was launched in January 1995 Helena Morrissey was just a ‘fine fund manager' with Newton Investment Management. Now, she is the group's CEO and content with its consistent and sustainable culture

At a time when many financial firms have lost their way, Newton Investment Management appears an oasis of stability, even calm. CEO Helena Morrissey is content with the image. For many years stability was a rather underrated attribute, as banks and asset managers strived to produce the biggest New Thing. Morrissey is anything but complacent about the financial turmoil of the last two years, but she talks about the firm’s “inner compass” which attaches something close to moral authority, as well as investment strategy, to it. She was hired in 1994 by founder Stewart Newton, who rated h...