Lucy Duncan

AIM’s investment process is the product of their “Focus on Change” philosophy and combines asset allocation, security selection, portfolio construction, dealing and risk management. They carry out rigorous research in all the major financial markets. Their dedicated risk management team measures and monitors risk across all portfolios. Each fund has a clearly defined specification setting out the parameters within which the portfolio manager can invest.

AAI is an active, research-driven manager which employs bottom-up asset analysis combined with a macroeconomic view to seek market mispricing opportunities and provide investors with superior returns. Their overall investment approach is anchored by their fundamental research and in-house expertise across asset classes including UK and international equities, real estate, bonds and cash. The firm typically adopts a long-term investment horizon when selecting equities, basing their investment decisions on in-house criteria and focusing on the firm's prospects over a five-year horizon. For government bonds, they utilize top-down analysis and a combination of bottom-up and macroeconomic research for corporate bonds.