Andrew Hobson

IW&I is an active manager which seeks to provide a steady growth in income, protect the capital value of client assets and continue to provide long-term care and support. The firm’s investment portfolio invests in five main asset classes such as: fixed interest assets, equities, commercial property, alternative investments, and cash. While the firm invests in direct equities, they can screen individual stocks according to a range of criteria. The assets of clients are held in trust within the firm’s nominee company and are recorded in such a manner as to clearly indicate they do not belong to the firm.

As the manager of discretionary accounts and private accounts WDB develops solutions tailored to suit the requirements of their clients. As the manager of mutual funds they aim to achieve long-term capital growth while outperforming specific indexes such as the FTSE World Index, the FTSE World Ex-UK Index, and the FTSE All Share Index. The firm places emphasis on careful stock selection and they combine in-house fundamental, quantitative and technical analysis with research from their sister firm, Evolution Securities, to provide recommendations. The WDB research department determines the overall investment strategy, although their investment managers are free to make specific investment decisions that best suit client needs, superimposing their in-house investment policy on research received from a variety of global securities houses.