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Invesco Perpetual constructs portfolios based on in-house research aiming to identify the investment opportunities most likely to provide the strongest long-term returns. They believe that shareholder activism is fundamental to good corporate governance and while they do not intervene in daily management decisions, they do support general standards for corporate activity and, where necessary, take the initiative to ensure those standards are met. They aim at protecting and enhancing value for clients and investors. The firm's fund managers seek to establish a dialogue with company management to promote decision-making which is in the best interests of shareholders and is in accordance with good corporate governance principles including environmental, social and governance matters. Their UK equity team follows a self-described pragmatic approach with no style bias regarding sectors, stocks or market-cap. Their valuation-orientated approach focuses on absolute returns and risk, allowing the portfolio to capture opportunities over time. In addition to high alpha UK equity, the team also manages small-cap equity and benchmark-relative portfolios. Invesco Perpetual 's European equity team follows a flexible, pragmatic approach focused on delivering consistent outperformance against both the index and the peer group. Fundamental analysis and valuation are central to the investment approach, providing a strong investment discipline that ensures that stocks are purchased only when valuations are appropriate. Their fixed-income team manages retail and institutional accounts, combining macro and bottom-up credit analysis to determine investment opportunities.

Threadneedle AM is an active, client-focused and performance driven manager which follows a variety of strategies not limited to any particular investment approach, style or focus. They invest in equity, debt, cash instruments, real estate and other alternative asset classes. They believe that outperformance is created by the quality of their thinking about economics, markets and securities. The firm is responsive to market conditions and believes in conviction-based decision making. Threadneedle AM's investment process is structured to facilitate the generation, assessment and implementation of investment ideas. They invest in equity worldwide, including in emerging markets, and across market-caps. Investment decisions are based on in-house fundamental research underpinned by rigorous reviews of individual stocks based on thematic research, sector knowledge and a sharing of ideas within and across teams. Threadneedle AM invests in fixed-income across the market spectrum, with portfolios focused on emerging markets, high yield, governments, investment grade, money markets and ABS. Investment decisions are based on team views and are supported by quantitative analysis.

Part of Hargreaves Lansdown Plc, Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers Ltd. is a British company located in Bristol that provides brokerage services. The firm was founded in 1981 by Peter Kendal Hargreaves.The company says this about itself: Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers Ltd is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange and PLUS, and is regulated as an independent agency stockbroker, in the provision of both stockbroking and other investment services.

Life Peer at United Kingdom House of Lords

Life Peer at United Kingdom House of Lords

International Judge at Singapore International Commercial Court