Liontrust Asset Management

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Liontrust Asset Management plc
Company type Public limited company
Industry Investment management
Founded1995;
29 years ago (1995)
Headquarters London, England
Key people
ProductsAsset Management services
RevenueDecrease2.svg £243.3 million (2023) [1]
Decrease2.svg £49.0 million (2023) [1]
Decrease2.svg £39.3 million (2023) [1]
Website www.liontrust.co.uk

Liontrust Asset Management plc is a British specialist and independent fund management company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. It manages open-ended funds domiciled in the UK and Ireland, multi-asset portfolios, the Edinburgh investment Trust and segregated accounts. Liontrust handles investments for clients in Europe and South America. [2] [3] Liontrust is headquartered in London and also has offices in Edinburgh and Luxembourg. [4]

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History

Liontrust was established in 1994 and launched in 1995, and had an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in 1999 as Liontrust Asset Management PLC. [5] Liontrust became a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap in 2014 [6] and entered the FTSE 250 in 2020. [7] Adrian Collins became non-executive chair in early 2009. [8] John Ions became chief executive in May 2010 [9] and remains as Chief Executive. [10] Vinay Abrol is the CFO/COO while Alastair Barbour took over from Adrian Collins as non-executive Chair in 2019. [11] The Economic Advantage team was formed in 1997, [12] the Cashflow Solution team in 2006 [13]  and the Global Fixed Income team in 2018. [14]

Acquisitions

Liontrust acquired North Investment Partners Multi Asset team and portfolios in 2013. [15] In 2017 Liontrust completed their £30 million acquisition of Alliance Trust Investments, creating the Sustainable Investment team. [16] [17] The £40 million acquisition of Neptune Investment Management completed in 2019, [18] bringing UK, global and emerging markets equity funds to Liontrust. [19] [20] In 2020, Liontrust bought Architas Advisory Services and Architas Multi-Manager from Axa in a deal worth £75 million, merging the Architas UK Fund Management team with the multi asset investment team at Liontrust and bringing multi-asset funds to Liontrust. [21] After announcing a deal in December 2021, [22] Liontrust completed the £120 million takeover of Majedie Asset Management in April 2022. Majedie’s fund managers became the Global Fundamental team at Liontrust. [23]

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