Talking with... Fulcrum AM's Suhail Shaikh

Square Mile's series of informal interviews

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Fulcrum Asset Management CIO Suhail Shaikh speaks to Square Mile's Richard Romer-Lee, discussing what worries him, diversity, and the most extraordinary thing he has seen...

What prompted the move to fulcrum? My original plan was to spend five to ten years at Goldman Sachs and then consider something more entrepreneurial. I was fortunate enough to be approached by the founders of Fulcrum, albeit earlier than I had intended in my career. I was offered the opportunity to join a small team and work with and learn directly from Gavyn Davies. To build an investment team under his tutelage was a chance not to be missed. What edge do you look for? You need to have better information; be better at joining up and extracting signals from the information; be qu...

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