Words: Tom Ward
There was a time when Neil Woodford, 60, was regarded as Britain’s best fund manager. It might seem hard to believe now, but during his 25-year tenure at Invesco, Woodford rode out the pitfalls of both the 1990s dot-com bubble and 2008’s devastating financial crash, emerging relatively unscathed at times when the world of finance was being turned on its head.
With a (then) reputation as a long-term investor who took a hands-on approach to his interests, Woodford was known to hold shares for around 15 years. Clearly, he was a man in it for the long-game, a man who cared not just about protecting his end, but your profit, too.
Headlines at the time called him ‘Invesco’s Perpetual Kingmaker’ while a recent Telegraph piece recalled that at his height, Woodford seemed to possess ‘the magic touch’.
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