Investment Influencers coronavirus crisis Q&A: Edward Park of Brooks Macdonald

Industry impact of Covid-19

UK fund selectors give their unique take on the rapidly evolving global coronavirus crisis from a professional and personal perspective. Today, we hear from Edward Park, deputy chief investment officer at Brooks Macdonald.

How does the market fallout from the coronavirus pandemic compare with other tough times during your career? Are there lessons you have learnt during your career that can help you now? The morning after the EU Referendum result in 2016 remains one of the more memorable market sell-offs in my career. The lesson learnt from that day, when markets also could not find a floor, was to look at longer term metrics rather than be too consumed by the overwhelmingly negative news flow. The main purpose of an investment process is to provide you with discipline and a structure to approach a novel...