Best Investment Managers to Consider for UK Investors

UK is home to some of the talented fund managers managing unit trusts and OEIC investments. If you are one of those people who are too busy to do your own investment research or have no idea where to start, then potentially a unit trust or an OEIC maybe a better suited investment for you. Through a unit trust or OEIC, you are delegating your investment decisions to the fund manager.

However, the performance of the unit trust or OEIC investment is dependent on the performance of the fund manager and his team of analysts. So if anything, more time should be spent on researching about the fund manager rather than the fund itself.

Fund managers are generally specialists in a certain area of the market. This could be UK growth, American small companies or Far East Asia or one of the many other investment categories. One of the most respected managers in the investment world is Harry Nimmo.

Harry Nimmo is best known for running the Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Fund. He specialises in the UK smaller companies sector. Harry Nimmo was born in Edinburgh in 1957 and studied a MA in Geography at the University of Dundee. Harry completed his MBA at Edinburgh and has been part of Standard Life since.

Since the launch of the Standard Life UK Smaller companies fund in 1997, it has known only one fund manager. That is Harry Nimmo. His long term track record in the fund is exceptional.

Neil Woodford is another manager who is well known and respected for his investment abilities. Born in 1960, Neil Woodford is head of investments at Invesco Perpetual. With assets of some £10 billion, Neil Woodford is at the helm of Invesco Perpetual High Income and Invesco Perpetual Income funds.

Neil graduated from the University of Exeter with a degree in Economics and Agricultural Economics and also studied Finance at the London Business School. Neil Woodford has been at Invesco Perpetual since 1988.

Angus Tulloch at First State Investments is renowned for his investment abilities in Far East Asia and Australasia. Angus is the joint managing partner of the Asia Pacific and Global Emerging markets team at First State Investments. He has also been the fund manager of the Asia Pacific Fund since 1998. Angus Tulloch is a graduate from Cambridge University with a BA in Economics and History.

Hugh Young is well known as the manager of the Aberdeen Asia Pacific Fund, which he manages with his team. Born in 1958, Hugh Young graduated from University of Exeter with a degree in Politics. Hugh is the head of Emerging Markets, and also oversees Asia, Latin America, Europe and Middle East investments. Hugh Young has been at Aberdeen Asset Managers since 1985.

Anthony Bolton is the president of investments at Fidelity International. He is well known for being the former investment manager of the Fidelity Special Situations fund. He also managed the Fidelity European Fund for a period.

Best known for his contrarian investment strategies, Anthony Bolton retired from managing funds in 2007. However, he returned to managing investments with the launch of Fidelity China Special Situations PLC as its investment manager. Anthony Bolton has referred to China as an opportunity he cannot afford to miss.

Anthony Bolton was born in 1950 and graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Engineering and Business Studies. He is also an author, providing insights of his investment strategies through his books. Investing with Anthony Bolton and Investing against the Tide are two books not to be missed.

It should be noted that investing carries a high degree of risk and appropriate professional financial advice should be sought before investing. Your investments can go down and up in value. It is also possible that you may get less than your original investment. Also, past performance of an investment is not guidance for its future performance.