Trailblazer Awards 2019: Q&A with Mohsin Bukhari

Recognising the next generation of influential UK investors

Following Investment Week's inaugural Trailblazer Awards in June, we speak to a different winner each week regarding some of their greatest achievements and the challenges they have faced over their career.

This week, we chat to Mohsin Bukhari, head of investments at Carrington Investments. What has been your most successful asset allocation decision so far? Contrary to the popular trend of selling UK equities, I decided to increase our UK equity exposure at the start of this year by as much as 50% in some portfolios. I felt valuations were excessively depressed and the environment was not as bad as prices were suggesting. Clearly, Brexit had not been resolved but my base case was that a no deal was unlikely and so the risk-reward ratio for owning UK equities favoured the upside. ...