This is a people business

'People buy people,' said Mark Dampier at a small dinner last week to mark the 40th anniversary of M...

'People buy people,' said Mark Dampier at a small dinner last week to mark the 40th anniversary of M&G's Recovery fund. He was talking in the context of why his company Hargreaves Lansdown had so heavily supported the new Artemis fund run by William Littlewood. It is not just the idea of the fund, the manager's previous track record, but, in fact, who he is. Mark has a couple of anecdotes, which are his to tell so I will not spoil them, about why not only does he rate Littlewood so highly but trusts him fundamentally, meaning he entrusts his client's money to Littlewood's hand. People ...