James Andrew Buckley

Castlefield primarily manages investments in UK equities, with all non-UK investments subcontracted to external specialist managers via collective funds. The firm define their investment approach as core, pragmatic and flexible, with expertise concentrated on UK stock picking and asset allocation for multi-asset portfolios. They apply a common strategy to segregated and pooled funds.

PFM is an active, team-based manager which does not follow any investment style or view. Investment managers follow their own proven investment philosophy and process with a strong focus on sharing ideas and working within clear investment mandates and a strong risk management and compliance culture. The firm’s multi-asset funds include income, conservative growth, balanced and risk-targeted profiled funds to meet different client investment objectives and risk profiles. Their UK equity funds are focused mainly on UK larger and mid-cap companies and specialist strategies, while their global equity funds cover growth, income and specialist strategies.

Barings UK focuses on building long-term, trusted partnerships with their clients and utilizes an active management approach, built upon fundamental analysis, to help meet their long-term investment goals. The firm leverages its depth and breadth of expertise across the global fixed income, alternative investment and equity markets. Their expansive asset market coverage, includes global fixed income presence and high active equity expertise in international and emerging markets, contributes to the firm’s strength in multi-asset investing. This encompasses solutions such as income, target return and absolute return.