Nick Stansbury

LGIM is a risk-averse, long-term manager which leverages the research capabilities of the L&G group and follows both active and passive investment approaches to manage a range of investment products including equity index and global fixed-income strategies. They refer to their passive strategies as 'intelligent indexing’. The firm invests globally across major asset classes and actively exercises voting rights. They manage a range of specialist hedge funds invested in UK small-caps, Japanese equity and global high-yield credit.

AIM’s investment process is the product of their “Focus on Change” philosophy and combines asset allocation, security selection, portfolio construction, dealing and risk management. They carry out rigorous research in all the major financial markets. Their dedicated risk management team measures and monitors risk across all portfolios. Each fund has a clearly defined specification setting out the parameters within which the portfolio manager can invest.

GCM is an active, risk-aware manager that uses a proprietary database to help select stock and generate ideas. The firm seeks to invest in quality companies that are leaders in their regional or global industries. They perform fundamental analysis, including company visits, to uncover valuation anomalies and better understand companies and industries. GCM constructs well-balanced portfolios in order to limit overall volatility