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Mr. Richard Henwood is a Portfolio Manager at Merchant West Investments (Pty) Ltd. and an Analyst & Portfolio Manager at Bridge Fund Managers (Pty) Ltd. He has over two decades of investment experience which he gained in both the UK and South Africa.
He spent 9 years in London working for Schroders Investment Management, hedge funds Trafalgar Asset Managers and CapeView Capital LLP.
There he gained valuable insight into various investment strategies including long-only, event-driven, credit, private equity and long-short equity.
He returned to South Africa in 2013 and worked for Atlas Trading (Grindrod) before joining Bridge Fund Managers (formerly Grindrod Asset Management) in 2014, and Merchant West Investments in 2020.
Richard Henwood active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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Merchant West Investments (Pty) Ltd.
Merchant West Investments (Pty) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Merchant West Investments's search and investment framework allows to deliver risk-adjusted real returns across the asset class spectrum without taking out-sized risks on their clients’ behalf. They asses every security trading below its fair value against the broad macro environment to ensure that it remains attractive given the current circumstances and various factors at play in the market. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | 2019-12-31 |
Former positions of Richard Henwood
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Bridge Fund Managers (Pty) Ltd.
Bridge Fund Managers (Pty) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Bridge FM is an active manager which prefers to invest in securities that provide income and preserve or increase the purchasing power of that income over time. They typically invest in listed companies with above-average dividend yields and a history of growing dividends and listed real estate companies with a real income yield and inflation-hedged income growth. The firm selects securities based on income yield and income growth prospects. They seek to identify companies with a track record of growing dividends throughout economic cycles. | Analyst-Equity | - |
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Bridge Fund Managers (Pty) Ltd.
Bridge Fund Managers (Pty) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Bridge FM is an active manager which prefers to invest in securities that provide income and preserve or increase the purchasing power of that income over time. They typically invest in listed companies with above-average dividend yields and a history of growing dividends and listed real estate companies with a real income yield and inflation-hedged income growth. The firm selects securities based on income yield and income growth prospects. They seek to identify companies with a track record of growing dividends throughout economic cycles. | Finance |
Merchant West Investments (Pty) Ltd.
Merchant West Investments (Pty) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Merchant West Investments's search and investment framework allows to deliver risk-adjusted real returns across the asset class spectrum without taking out-sized risks on their clients’ behalf. They asses every security trading below its fair value against the broad macro environment to ensure that it remains attractive given the current circumstances and various factors at play in the market. | Finance |
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