Talking with … Allianz Global Investors' Neil Dwane

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Allianz Global Investors global strategist Neil Dwane talks loving the markets, being a team player and ensuring the Great Barrier Reef is around for future generations, with Richard Romer-Lee

How did you get into the industry? I trained as an accountant and there were three traditional paths I could have followed - to become an auditor or a management consultant or to join the City, which at the time was coming into its own. I joined Kleinwort Benson in 1988, having qualified as an accountant a week after the crash in 1987. When did you become a fund manager? I started as an analyst on the electricals, electronics and telephone networks sector. Within a year I became a balanced fund manager and was running money in a team. That's how it worked. Back then, everyone became ...

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