M&G CORPORATE BOND A EUR - Manager

Richard Woolnough

Woolnough gained a degree in economics from the London School of Economics between 1982 and 1985. On graduating he joined Lloyds merchant bank as a trainee gilt salesman, moving to Prudential-Bache securities as a gilt salesman following the "Big Bang". He began working in the fixed interest arena in 1987, joining Assicurazioni Generali as a manager of equities and sterling bonds. In 1993 he joined SG Warburg as a member of their sterling bond trading team. He moved out of London to join Old Mutual in 1995 where he was recruited to run a sterling based annuity portfolio. He ran the Old Mutual Corporate Bond fund from launch in the summer of 2000 before moving to M&G in January 2004, where he is a fund manager on the fixed interest desk.

Track record

Richard Woolnough has 11.5 years experience of managing mutual funds in this sector. Over this period the average monthly return relative to the benchmark index has been +0.08%.
During the worst period of relative performance (from March 2009 - April 2011) there was a decline of 9% relative to the index. The worst absolute loss has been 6%. Statistically, we estimate the probability that this fund manager is adding value, rather than being lucky, is 99%.

Sector record since July 2000 (12 yrs)

About the MRI

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