Neptune's Geffen: I am not stepping down, I am stepping up

CEO thinks active management needs promoting

Natalie Kenway talks to Neptune founder and CEO Robin Geffen about the group's 'anti-star' culture, 'real world investing' and why more needs to be done to promote active management.

Over the past 13 years, Hammersmith-based Neptune Investment Management has experienced the extreme highs and lows faced by most fund groups at some point in their history. But despite the ups and downs, founder Robin Geffen is particularly proud that many of the existing fund management team have been with the group since the early days in 2002. Chris Taylor, head of research and Japanese equity fund manager, Felix Wintle, head of US equities and Rob Burnett, head of European equities, have all been at Neptune for more than a decade. Meanwhile, the remaining investment directors ...