Polar Capital's Ben Rogoff: AI may replace fund managers - but not until my career is over

Continuing Square Mile's series of informal interviews

Ben Rogoff, lead manager of the Polar Capital Technology Trust, talks artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous vehicles, FANGs and being lucky with Square Mile's Richard Romer-Lee.

How did you get into fund management? I started in the industry as an intern at stockbroker Shore Capital, where I worked for two weeks before two effervescent gentlemen persuaded me to join Dean Witter. I wanted a job where I could have a different day every day - and it appealed as I am a big fan of learning. In fact, found myself on the Tube this morning poring through research emails thinking it is funny that, 20 years on, I am still doing the same stuff - looking for nuggets of information; something that allows you to build a thesis that others have not formed yet. Anyway, tha...