Talking with ... Columbia Threadneedle's Mark Burgess

What makes a good fund manager? Most of the very best fund managers are strange people, quite eccentric. They need a huge amount of self-confidence - as most of the time they are saying the market is wrong. They need intellectual curiosity and a great sense of humour - it helps! What's it like managing fund managers? I sometimes wonder what I must have done to have 150 investment professionals working for me. It's not easy. While it requires lots of structure as one can't have 150 direct reports, it's important to have some form of personal relationship with everyone on the investm...