Buxton says 'experience counts' after quarter century in the City

BUXTON'S 25 YEARS IN CITY

The City of London has changed considerably since Richard Buxton first stepped foot in the Square Mile a quarter of a century ago.

This was a time long before the construction of Canary Wharf’s towers, when the booming City was the best place for graduates of all disciplines to make a name for themselves. It was so long ago that Buxton, one of the UK’s foremost equity investors, was actually plying his trade in the world of bond markets. Buxton’s investment career began at Brown Shipley Asset Management. Following one year at GRE Asset Management, he joined Barings in 1990. Just over a decade later he joined Schroders. In the first installment of a two part series, Buxton discusses an ill-fated conversation wi...