by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 10th December 2024:
While there is less of a “star” fund manager culture these days, it remains important for retail investors to have someone ultimately accountable for performance.
And while it can be tempting to simply allocate capital into the strategies of big-name investors, overlooking those whose star is rising might mean missing out..
So, whose star is rising? We asked a range of fund and investment trust analysts to name rising stars who have been responsible for running money for no more than a decade..
Fotis Chatzimichalakis, Impax Asset Management
James Carthew, head of investment companies at QuotedData, rates Fotis Chatzimichalakis, who joined Impax Asset Management as an intern in 2015.
Carthew says: “He’s risen through the ranks, as an equity research and environmental social and governance (ESG) analyst, and then co-portfolio manager for Impax’s specialists and climate strategies. Along the way, he became a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder in 2019.
“Since 2021, he has been one of the three portfolio managers of Impax Environmental, the billion-pound global trust focused on cleaner or more efficient delivery of basic services of energy, water and waste. That’s quite a broad remit, covering a potential universe of around 2,500 companies to sift through to find the long-term winners.”
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