Rob Burnett unveils first fund from Lightman IM

Former Neptune manager

Beth Brearley
clock • 4 min read

Former Neptune manager Rob Burnett has unveiled plans for the first fund launch from his new investment business, Lightman Investment Management, which has received FCA authorisation and was set up at the start of this year.

Burnett, who left Neptune in December after 16 years - 13 of which were spent managing the Neptune European Opportunities fund - will run a European equities mandate at Lightman.  The Lightman European fund will be a concentrated, high-conviction portfolio of 40 to 50 European equities that will seek to outperform its benchmark, the MSCI Europe ex UK index. It will have an active share of over 80% and a tracking error of 5% to 8%. The team will take a minimum two-to-three-year view, investing in companies valued at low price-to-book and price-to-earnings ratios with high free cash flo...

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