Talking with … Liontrust's David Roberts

Square Mile’s series of informal interviews

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Liontrust head of fixed income David Roberts talks three decades of bond investing, half-empty glasses, rising to challenges and truffle-detecting wild boars, with Richard Romer-Lee

What sustains your enthusiasm and drive after 30 years in investment? Three things - markets, investment and clients. For most fund managers, markets and investment are core. Client interaction is also very important to me - I love it. In the modern world you have to be out there working with people and engaging with them. Making a bit of money for people is ultimately what this industry all about. How did you get into the industry? I had 10 years in banking before I entered asset management. I started at the original TSB in 1988 and sold mortgages for a couple of years. I was a bank...

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