Chikara bolsters Japanese equity team with ex-Ruffer manager as Japan Alpha fund closes

Theo Wyld joins

Chikara Investments has hired former Ruffer fund manager Theo Wyld as an analyst on the firm’s Japanese equity team.

Wyld joins portfolio manager Richard Aston and deputy portfolio manager and analyst Megumi Takayama, who ran both the Chikara Japan Income & Growth fund and the CC Japan Income & Growth trust. Deep Dive: Japanese corporate governance reforms finally start bearing fruit for investors Prior to joining Chikara, Wyld worked at Ruffer for five years, starting out as an analyst and most recently serving as co-manager of the Ruffer Japanese fund. He also did a three-year stint as a research analyst at JM Finn between 2015 and 2018. "[Wyld] is joining a skilled and highly experienced team,...