Talking with ... Schroders' Marcus Brookes

The first in a series of informal interviews by Richard Romer-Lee

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Marcus Brookes (pictured), head of multi-manager at Schroders, talks to Richard Romer-Lee about what started him off in investing, being paid to worry and not one but two epitomes of a good fund manager

What started your interest in investing? When I was 15, I had a small inheritance - about £500 in today's money - which a friend of my father, who did penny shares and the like, persuaded me to invest. I thought it was my chance to make a million - and lost 98% of my money in a Hong Kong property investment trust. That started my quest to find out how I lost my money. I did an O' level in commerce and an A' level, degree and masters in economics, none of which provided an answer. Eventually I worked it out myself - I was born in 1971 and I lost it in the 1987 crash. How did you ge...

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