Talking with … Saracen's David Keir

Continuing Square Mile’s series of informal interviews

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Saracen Fund Managers head of research David Keir talks the fundamentals of stock analysis, the advantages of working in a small business and a seminal moment on a golf course, with Richard Romer-Lee

What is your job? The great thing about working in a small company is everyone does a bit of everything. When I joined Saracen, I was head of research and then, in May 2014, I became co-fund manager of the Saracen Global Income & Growth fund. In January 2017, I became executive director of the business, so I guess I have three roles here. How did you get into the industry? I've always been good at maths and my interest in the stockmarket was spawned from buying penny shares as a child. We started as a family ‘punting' these penny shares but we were awful at it and lost loads of money...

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