Liontrust's West retires after 26-year fund management career

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Liontrust's Gary West has retired from fund management after 26 years in the industry, Investment Week can reveal.

West's long-term co-manager James Inglis-Jones has now become sole head of the Liontrust Cashflow Solution team, supported by manager Samantha Gleave, who joined the group last year. West and Inglis-Jones (pictured) joined Liontrust in 2006 to develop and run their investment process, which encompasses the group's European Growth, Income and European Absolute Return retail portfolios. "Gary and I spoke 18 months ago about his desire to retire within the next three years," said Liontrust CEO John Ions. "We appointed Samantha as part of the succession plan and the speed at which she ...

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