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In the five years since Peter Harrison joined RWC Partners, the industry has seen major headwinds. Natalie Kenway asks the group CEO how he has achieved growth in such a volatile environment.

Growing assets by $15bn in the next five years may seem like an impossible feat, but when you consider the growth at RWC Partners at the hands of CEO Peter Harrison over the past few years, this target does not seem so unattainable. During the time we have seen a credit crunch, global recession, the housing bubble burst, the collapse of the developed world’s banking system and the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and the US, Harrison has been quietly poaching high-profile fund managers from larger, well-established groups and launching funds that are starting to feature on investors’ watc...