John Baron Investment Trust Columnist Investors Chronicle After leaving the Army, John ran a broad range of investment portfolios as a Director of both Henderson Private Clients and then Rothschild Asset Management (RAM). Since leaving the City, he has helped charities monitor their fund managers, written the book ‘FT Guide to Investment Trusts', and been reporting on two of his 'live' and benchmarked investment trust portfolios in his monthly Investors Chronicle column - his website johnbaronportfolios.co.uk | |
Catharine Flood Client Service Manager Baillie Gifford Catharine graduated BA in Law from Clare College, Cambridge in 1999. She spent a short period working in China before being called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2003. Catharine joined Baillie Gifford in January 2008 and is the client contact for Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC. Prior to this role, Catharine specialised in the firm’s EAFE Alpha and Diversified Growth strategies, servicing institutional clients in North America and the UK. | |
Algy Hall Tips Editor Investors Chronicle Algy Hall is Tips Editor of the Investors Chronicle and the writer of the magazines' stock screening column. Algy began his career in financial journalism in 1998 writing for Investment Trust Newsletter. He assisted the founding of Citywire where he predominantly wrote about the investment activities of shrewd investors until he joined Investors Chronicle in 2006. The 38 stock screen's Algy regularly monitors have an average life of just over 3 years during which they have produced average returns of 90.2 per cent compared with an average of 29.4 per cent from the relevant indicies. | |
John Hughman Editor Investors Chronicle John Hughman joined Investors Chronicle in 2008 as Associate Editor, with a focus on technology and consumer stocks. Since then he’s launched the magazine’s award-winning blog, the Chronic Investor, and led the development of mobile products before becoming editor in 2012. | |
Leonora Walters Deputy Personal Finance Editor Investors Chronicle Leonora Walters joined Investors Chronicle as personal finance writer in 2009 and has focused on covering funds, investment trusts, ETFs and VCTs. She was promoted to deputy personal finance editor in 2012 and has won seven prizes for her journalism over the past five years, most recently Association of Investment Companies (AIC) Consumer Journalist of the Year 2014 and AIC VCT Journalist of the Year 2014. | |