Laura Stafford

Pictet AM actively manages a wide range of equity, fixed income and multi asset strategies including total return. The firm aims to provide long-term return potential with diversified risk. Their disciplined two-stage investment process blends top-down evaluation of the global environment with bottom-up sector and individual issuer analysis.

FIA UK is an active manager which aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation through a bottom-up approach. They focus on individual companies that seek to identify fundamental value in stocks. The firm uses a wide variety of investment strategies in managing client assets. FIA-UK conducts fundamental research, focusing on business franchise, trading environment, valuation, and management. Top-down considerations complement their approach, with attention paid to political, environmental and social issues likely to impact on a company's potential.

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Sarasin is an active investor who takes a global, long-term, thematic approach to investing – with responsible investment at their core. They identify powerful trends that will shape the investment landscape for years to come and embed stewardship into their investment process. Clients can invest in the firm’s global equity, multi-asset, fixed income and real estate strategies. Portfolios can be constructed either through portfolio funds or as segregated portfolios.