Gordon Happell

AXA IM-UK focuses on investment areas where they have a competitive edge within each asset class. They are organized in small investment teams dedicated to a specific instrument, sector, region or strategy. Each team is supported by a shared pool of fundamental research resources and empowered to make investment decisions. With fundamental research at the core of their process, their investment professionals seek out and develop sources of alpha across world markets. AXA IM-UK's research is organized along investment strategy, equity and fixed-income and is supported by proprietary quantitative resources and an extensive company visit program.

CTAM is an active manager that performs in-house research, strategic analysis, and risk modeling to reach decisions. The firm conducts company visits as one of the key areas of their research. The firm is a self-described 'multi-boutique' that is organized into small teams that follow specific products. They offer funds investing in a range of assets such as real estate, equities, fixed-income, and multi-manager. CTAM provides a variety of alternative, ethical, lifestyle, and investment trust strategies.

JHI UK is an active, value-oriented manager which has core capabilities in global equities, European equities, global fixed-income, multi-asset and alternative investments. They focus on absolute returns, investing globally based on rigorous fundamental research and risk management. The firm believes that top-down economic factors are key drivers of markets and the performance of sectors within markets. Economic expectations are a key input to all equity, bond and currency return forecasts which determine their asset allocation policy.

Aegon AM UK is an active, global investor that aims to deliver superior investment performance with an appropriate level of risk for their investors by running high-conviction portfolios. The firm is style neutral and looks for opportunities to deliver returns across all market conditions, rather than tying themselves to a single investment style, such as value, growth or momentum. They offer a range of investment strategies, covering asset classes including fixed income, equities and multi-asset. Aegon AM UK seeks to identify and consider financial, material, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into bottom-up research.