Meet the Investment Influencers: UBS's James McGuire

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In this week's Investment Influencers video interview, profiling the most respected individuals who select funds, decide ratings or otherwise influence the allocation of investor fund flows, we chat to James McGuire.

An executive director at UBS Wealth Management, McGuire specialises in investment funds. He joined UBS in 1999 and is responsible for meeting and selecting long-only fund managers for use in the group's UK and global investment programmes. McGuire, who is a graduate of Portsmouth University, has worked in the investment funds business since 1984 in various roles, including managing fund of funds, marketing and as a product specialist - the last of these based in the US. Market challenges The Investment Influencers series, which has most recently featured James Klempster of Momentum,...

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