Robin Geffen

Neptune Investment Management is set to launch a second Japanese equity fund, allowing discretionary investors access to manager Chris Taylor without a portfolio-wide currency hedge.

Neptune Investment Management's Mark Martin has overhauled the £66m UK Opportunities fund since taking over as lead manager, turning it into a higher conviction portfolio with fewer positions.

Last week, Neptune announced an overhaul of its research and business operations following disappointing fund performance in recent years.

Neptune's CEO Robin Geffen is refraining from holding any UK equities within his global portfolios due to risks surrounding the upcoming general election.

Neptune's Robin Geffen has predicted a further sharp fall in the value of sterling against the dollar as he positions his portfolio for a fresh surge in the US currency.

Neptune Investment Management's profits before tax fell by over 40% in 2013, against a backdrop of falling assets under management, after a difficult year for its global investment approach.

Neptune has shut Robin Geffen's Global Long/Short fund after just two years after co-manager Ted Alexander exited the firm.

Neptune CEO Robin Geffen is buying into the Japanese recovery led by Shinzo Abe, dismissing comparisons to earlier efforts to revitalise the country.

Wealth managers are becoming increasingly concerned about allocating towards the Neptune Income fund, amid Hargreaves Lansdown's decision to remove the fund from its Wealth 150 list earlier this week.

William Rice, manager of the £1.7m Neptune Russia Special Situations fund, has left the company.