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To many readers the name of John Beckwith is not going to ring a lot of bells, if any at all. Anyon...

To many readers the name of John Beckwith is not going to ring a lot of bells, if any at all. Anyone who pores over the Sunday Times' annual rich list seeing how Messrs Hargreaves and Lansdown have fared, will have noticed they are still a few bob behind Mr Beckwith. But ask the managements of Thames River Capital, Liontrust and now River & Mercantile, and they'll all know who Beckwith is. He has publicly backed all three over the years, and having done well out of Liontrust and Thames River has put up some money to dust down the River & Mercantile name and enter the market again. The U...