Jupiter fund manager and investment director to join Ben Whitmore new venture

Dermot Murphy and Claudia Ripley

Jupiter fund manager Dermot Murphy and investment director Claudia Ripley will be leaving the company later this year to join Ben Whitmore’s new venture.

In a stock exchange notice on Tuesday (9 January), the firm announced Whitmore would leave the management of the £2.1bn Jupiter UK Special Situations fund in the autumn to establish a value equities boutique. Murphy is part of the asset manager's value equities team and co-manages the £957.1m Jupiter Global Value Equity fund alongside Whitmore. He also assists Whitmore in the management of the £1.6bn Jupiter Income trust and the UK Special Situations fund. JO Hambro's Savvides to take on Jupiter UK special sits as Ben Whitmore departs to launch boutique In a LinkedIn post, Murphy c...