Amanda Sillars, Director & Investment Manager at Jupiter Asset Management, how to find the best long-term investing opportunities, Investing Matters Podcast - Episode 30

Investing Matters

Welcome to this brand-new investing podcast from the London South East. My name is Peter Higgins, you can find me on Twitter @conkers3 and I will be your host for this series of Investing Matters podcasts.

What can you expect from the Investing Matters podcasts? A great question. You will find long form interviews with noteworthy veterans and experts from the investment and fund management industry. During these interviews each interviewee will share and impart their knowledge, learning and insights on what aspects of Investing truly matters to them and what in their view should matter to investors. We hope this knowledge exchange benefits all and enables all those accessing and listening to these podcasts to achieve even greater investing success.

With that in mind, welcome to episode thirty, which is with the hugely talented Amanda Sillars, an Investment Manager and ESG Director of Jupiter Independent Funds Team, which manages nearly £7 billion in the Jupiter Merlin range of Portfolios.

Before joining Jupiter, Amanda spent five years at JPMorgan Asset Management as investment director and executive director. She also led the corporate governance team for emerging markets, Europe and Asia (EMEA). At JPMorgan she chaired the Women's Interactive Network, with some 2000 members. Prior to this, Amanda spent ten years at J.P. Morgan Private Bank and Flemings as a fund analyst and vice president. She began her investment career in 1996.

Amanda is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments and a Fellow of the US Securities Exchange Commission Series 7 and Series 3. She also gained an Award in Pensions (DB & DC) Management Trustee Exam. She has also gained an Award in Pensions (DB & DC) Management Trustee Exam (2008)

Amanda joined the Jupiter Independent Funds Team as fund selection specialist in May 2011. She is now a Fund manager within the team and their ESG Director, an additional role she given June 2021. With over 26-years investment industry experience and alongside her colleagues who have several decades of industry experience between them. The multiple award-winning Jupiter Merlin team are completely focused on generating outperformance for their clients using the multi-manager concept after fees over time and are ardent proponents of active management, active stewardship and transparency.

In this in conversation Amanda, discusses her refreshing entry into the investment industry, her journey thus far, lessons learnt, experiences gain, Jupiter Merlin’s investing strategies, finding the best long-term investing opportunities, her personal investing style, passion for ESG, the importance of engagement with Fund Managers, Jupiter Merlin’s scoring index, the importance of humility, why everyone should have a mentor, delivering long-term success for investors via Jupiter's Merlin Portfolios and much more.

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