DSP's Spence strives to continue Dalton's legacy

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Katie Holliday asks Dalton Strategic Partnership's CEO Magnus Spence how the firm has coped with the passing of its charismatic co-founder Andrew Dalton.

As Dalton Strategic Partnership (DSP) approached its ten-year anniversary in February this year, the company had reason to celebrate, posting 25% year-on-year growth in assets and a doubling in profits. But the privately-owned investment boutique was still recovering from the passing of its founder and managing partner Andrew Dalton, whose enviable reputation and charismatic personality helped shape the firm’s identity and culture. Managing partner and chief executive officer Magnus Spence, who stepped into the breach following Dalton’s death in April 2011, described the period as the...

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