Jupiter Fund Management is a UK fund management group, managing equity and bond investments for private and institutional investors. The company manages assets across a wide range of international and UK based

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, investment companies and institutional mandates, as well as providing wealth management services. The Company offers a variety of equity portfolios specialising in markets such as the UK,

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and other emerging European nations, as well as multi-manager funds and specialist thematic investments such as absolute return funds, socially responsible investment funds and global financial funds. It also has a growing fixed interest franchise, with a focus on investing in high grade corporate bonds, strategic bonds and convertibles. The company is listed on the

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and is a constituent of the

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History

The company was established by John Duffield in 1985John Duffield rebounds from fall of New Star
Daily Telegraph, 15 April 2009 and later sold to

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bank

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in two

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s in 1995 and 2000. John Duffield left in 2000 after a public row with the company's new owners and set up a rival fund group,

New Star Asset Management Henderson New Star was established in April 2009 when Henderson Group acquired ''New Star Asset Management'' and rebranded its UK retail business. Henderson New Star was rebranded Henderson Global Investors in April 2010. It manages a various fun ...

in 2001. Between 2000 and June 2007 Jupiter was headed by Joint Group Chief Executives Jonathan Carey and Edward Bonham Carter. Jonathan Carey retired in 2010 after 23 years at the company.Jupiter deputy chairman Carey to retire
City Wire, 8 December 2010 Between June 2007 and March 2014, Jupiter was headed by Edward Bonham Carter (brother of British actress

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). Jupiter bought itself out from Commerzbank in a management buyout (MBO) in June 2007. Around 95% of the company's staff then became

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. US private equity firm

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supported the MBO and held a minority stake in the business. On 21 June 2010, Jupiter floated on the London Stock Exchange at 165p a share. Employees retained around 41% ownership of the Company on the day it listed and TA Associates reinvested in the business, taking its shareholding to around 22% on the day of admission to the London Stock Exchange. In December 2013, it was announced that Edward Bonham Carter would step down as chief executive of Jupiter in March 2014 and be replaced by Maarten Slendebroek. The company acquired Merian Global Investors for consideration of £370 million in July 2020.

Key people

Jupiter is home to a number of well-known fund managers. John Chatfeild-Roberts joined Jupiter with his team from Lazard Asset Management in 2001: he manages fund of fund portfolios and in February 2010 took over as Chief Investment Officer. Ben Whitmore manages the Jupiter Income Trust while Mark Nichols runs the Jupiter European Fund.

References

External links

Official siteTA Associates
{{Authority control Investment management companies of the United Kingdom Financial services companies established in 1985 Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange 1985 establishments in the United Kingdom