Cazenove and Robin

THE BIG INTERVIEW

In the ten years since Robin Minter-Kemp joined Cazenove, the funds business has gone from a blip on the balance sheet to having over around £4.5bn AUM. Hysni Kaso asks the manager about his part in the steady rise

“The most humbling aspect of sitting here after nearly a decade is that you are fully accountable for all the decisions you have made strategically over these years.” Nearly ten years ago, the funds business at Cazenove was what Robin Minter-Kemp describes as nothing more than “simply a rounding error” on the investment bank’s balance sheet. In October 2001, the funds arm of the blue-blooded Cazenove brand was sitting on just £198m of assets under management and a select few were given the unenviable task of creating a new funds business. This is where Robin Minter-Kemp came in. Jo...