Pyrford CEO: We are not known by retail market as we lacked a 'star' manager

Expansion into the UK

Laura Dew
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Pyrford chief executive and chief investment officer Tony Cousins tells Laura Dew why now is the right time for expansion into the UK market.

For over 25 years, Pyrford International has been slowly and surely making its mark on the institutional market place with its range of global funds. Now surpassing $12bn in assets under management, the suite includes global absolute return, global equity, European equity and Asia ex Japan strategies. The group's history dates back to 1982 when Bruce Campbell founded Elders Investment Management within the larger Elders company in Australia. He then relocated to London to become manager of the global pension funds of Elders IXL Group. However, in 1991, Campbell and employees comple...

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