Snowden: How I am keeping away from problem epicentres

Bond fund manager has made a number of changes since returning to Kames.

Stephen Snowden returned to his former employer Aegon Asset Management in July after seven years with Old Mutual Asset Managers. At OMAM he built up a reputation as one of the stars of fixed income alongside managers from M&G, Invesco Perpetual and Aegon, which rebranded to Kames Capital on 1 September, while running the Corporate Bond fund. He raised over £700m in assets by the time he announced his departure in April this year – this has since fallen to £545m. During his tenure the fund returned 26.15% from 27 February 2004 until 31 March 2011, according to Morningstar. Snowden j...