Henderson: 'conservative' investing to make a comeback

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Investors will need to return to old fashioned, conservative investing, where patience not shareholder pressure is key, according to Henderson's Tim Stevenson.

Stevenson manages the Henderson Euro Trust, which he runs as a bottom-up, high conviction fund. He aims to include only companies which are able to deliver continued growth over the long-term and feels that this investment style will prevail in the coming months. He said: "An absolutely vital part of investing, and something which seems to have been forgotten in recent years, is the need for patience. Investing in a company and almost immediately seeing your investment go up 25pc up is fantastic when it happens but it is not realistic. We are interested in companies which are able to mana...

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