Talking with … RLAM's Jonathan Platt

Square Mile’s series of informal interviews

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Royal London Asset Management's head of fixed income Jonathan Platt talks artificial intelligence, dairy farmers and finally getting on the right side of the City-United trade after 40 years, with Victoria Hasler

How did you get into fund management? At university I did not know what a fund manager did, so I can't say this was something I had always wanted to do. The job description of a fund manager sounded interesting, however, and seemed to play to my strengths. I joined Royal London in 1985, when working in fund management was a fairly unknown profession. What keeps you in fund management? Every day is different. I enjoy learning and being able to weigh things up. I like the fact you can objectively assess how you have done versus the benchmark and your peers in terms of performance and b...

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