John Hampton Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

I have recently retired from my role as a Senior Investment Grade Portfolio Manager at Columbia Threadneedle.

London, United Kingdom

I led the sterling IG Corporate bond team within the broader Global Investment Grade team at Aviva Investors. My responsibilities included the management of a number of Investment Grade portfolios that span both Aviva & Friends Life client bases and multiple customised mandates. In addition to my responsibilities on £ mandates I also had a significant input into the idea generation and investment decision making on Aviva Investor's Global Investment Grade Fund.I worked closely with… Show more I led the sterling IG Corporate bond team within the broader Global Investment Grade team at Aviva Investors. My responsibilities included the management of a number of Investment Grade portfolios that span both Aviva & Friends Life client bases and multiple customised mandates. In addition to my responsibilities on £ mandates I also had a significant input into the idea generation and investment decision making on Aviva Investor's Global Investment Grade Fund.I worked closely with Aviva's Global Investment Grade team and the broader Aviva Fixed Income teams to develop clear investment processes that are aligned to delivering superior investment performance. I have worked to enhance and further develop Aviva's analytical framework so that is better aligned to the needs of the portfolio managers.I have been actively involved in the integration of the Aviva Investors and Friends Life Investments IG credit teams, enhancing processes while focusing on portfolio consistency, sustainable performance through strong sector and stock selection discipline and performance attribution monitoring. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Led the Sterling Corporate bond team at Friends Life investments and was responsible for the development of the team that recaptured c£22bn of fixed income assets (including £15bn corporate bonds) as part of a greenfield start up at the beginning of 2012. I was instrumental in building a strong investment capability within the £ credit market across numerous fund mandate styles. Led the phased expansion of the credit team to meet the needs of further recapture of portfolios within FLI… Show more Led the Sterling Corporate bond team at Friends Life investments and was responsible for the development of the team that recaptured c£22bn of fixed income assets (including £15bn corporate bonds) as part of a greenfield start up at the beginning of 2012. I was instrumental in building a strong investment capability within the £ credit market across numerous fund mandate styles. Led the phased expansion of the credit team to meet the needs of further recapture of portfolios within FLI and the expansion of the teams capabilities into non £ credit markets and private placements.My responsibilities also included successfully managing multiple IG credit mandates, including both passive buy and maintain annuity funds through to active benchmarked institutional funds on behalf of Friends Life following the successful insourcing of funds from 3rd party asset managers. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Led team that was awarded the Investment Week Fund Manager of the Year award for Sterling Corporate Bonds 2011 as well as being an integral part of team that won the 2011 Lipper Small Bond Group award. Responsible for management of £3bn of Sterling Corporate Bonds across a diverse range of institutional, active and buy and maintain, and retail mandates.Actively involved in externalising credit funds with sales and business development teams into the wider retail, discretionary and… Show more Led team that was awarded the Investment Week Fund Manager of the Year award for Sterling Corporate Bonds 2011 as well as being an integral part of team that won the 2011 Lipper Small Bond Group award. Responsible for management of £3bn of Sterling Corporate Bonds across a diverse range of institutional, active and buy and maintain, and retail mandates.Actively involved in externalising credit funds with sales and business development teams into the wider retail, discretionary and wealth management community.Developed strong credit processes to aid identification of fundamental strengths and weaknesses alongside a robust relative value framework. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the management of the LV UK Equity Growth Fund from its launch in Sep 1999 until Dec 2002.Launched segregated mandate to manage in-house General insurance businesses UK equity exposure from 1997 to 2002 and was instrumental in the development of the portfolio construction process while also responsible for generation of sector themes and relative value stock selection.Co-managed largest UK Equity portfolios for LV Group and the Staff Pension scheme from 1995.

London, United Kingdom

Conducted UK Equity research on companies across a broad range of industrial and financial sectors. The role involved preparing detailed analytical reports, identifying key sector drivers alongside company analysis of profitability, cash-flow and balance sheet strengths and weaknesses. I maintained contact with senior management of companies and sales side analysts to generate insightful analysis with clear conviction recommendations. I was responsible for analysis of the… Show more Conducted UK Equity research on companies across a broad range of industrial and financial sectors. The role involved preparing detailed analytical reports, identifying key sector drivers alongside company analysis of profitability, cash-flow and balance sheet strengths and weaknesses. I maintained contact with senior management of companies and sales side analysts to generate insightful analysis with clear conviction recommendations. I was responsible for analysis of the banking sector during the 1991 recession and subsequent recovery, identifying optimal timing with regards to sector weighting and stock selection. Recommendations added substantial value to portfolios during this period. Show less

Bachelor’S Degree, Mathematics, 2:1

BSc Mathematics

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