Lyttle wonder

Even after nearly twenty years in the business, BlackRock's Mark Lyttleton still retains a fervent enthusiasm for beating the market which continues to drive stellar performance

After spending the best part of two decades at what is now BlackRock, Mark Lyttleton could surely be forgiven if he was finding the thrill of fund management beginning to subside. After all, he has run the group’s UK fund for more than 10 years and also manages two other portfolios in excess of £1.5bn – including the retail market’s groundbreaking UK Absolute Alpha fund. But this most certainly is not Mark Lyttleton. As anyone who has had the chance to watch him address a large group of investors would attest, it would be a near-impossible task to find another fund manager with the same ...