F&C's Potter: 'Sometimes you have to go against the herd'

Change is everywhere and the world of investment is no exception. In the 33 years since he joined the industry, Gary Potter, co-head with Rob Burdett of F&C's multi-manager team, has witnessed a huge amount of such adjustments. "My first real experience of change was the ‘Big Bang' of 1986 but, since then, we have seen the likes of Fimbra, Lautro, Imro, the PIA, the SIB, polarisation, depolarisation, open architecture, restricted architecture and multi-ties. The FSA is now the FCA. PEPs are now ISAs. We have platforms, clean share classes, re-registration and CPD," he says. "In macro ...