Talking with … Invesco Perpetual's Nick Mustoe

How did you get into the industry? My economics teacher at school taught me about the stockmarket, which got me interested in investing. At university I regularly lost my grant money by making poor investments, but I still really wanted to be an investor. When I graduated I joined a company called Phillips & Drew. Back in the 80s you started early in terms of actually managing small portfolios, so I did that within a couple of months of joining the company. I had a tremendous experience. What kind of investor are you? I learnt right from the start to be contrarian - always questionin...