So long, farewell: The ten biggest manager departures of 2014

The ten biggest manager departures of 2014

Laura Dew
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After another year of high profile manager moves and retirements, PA's sister title Investment Week looks at ten of this year's biggest exits, what the managers are doing now, and what has happened to their funds...

Cormac Weldon exits Threadneedle for Artemis With Neil Woodford's departure from Invesco Perpetual having already been announced in October 2013, the first big move of 2014 proper was revealed to be Threadneedle's head of US equities Cormac Weldon moving to Artemis. With his colleague Stephen Moore, the pair have launched a US equity franchise for the firm. Weldon's Threadneedle American fund was taken over by Nadia Grant while Moore's American Extended Alpha fund was taken over by Neil Robson and Ashish Kochar.   Richard Hodges departs L&G A move that triggered months of spec...

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