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Steve Russell

FE fundinfo Alpha Manager
Ruffer LLP
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Manager profile
Graduated from the University of Oxford in philosophy, politics and economics and started work as an equity analyst at Confederation Life in 1987, where he became Head of Equities in charge of £5 billion of equity funds. In 1999 he moved to HSBC Investment Bank as Head of UK and European Equity Strategy, joining Ruffer in 2003. Over almost 20 years at Ruffer he has been co-manager of the Ruffer Investment Company (2004-2019) and is currently co-manager of two of Ruffer's flagship funds. He became a non-executive director of F&C Investment Trust in 2022, having previously been non-executive director of JPMorgan European Investment Trust.
Total return for Steve Russell
Rolling Alpha Quartile: Discrete three year periods
Rolling Alpha Quartile shows a manager's alpha score in quartile terms, plotting his or her risk adjusted performance against all other managers in the UT & OEICs universe. The best managers are those who are consistently ranked in the first or second quartile.
 
Quartile 1
Quartile 2
Quartile 3
Quartile 4
 
 
 
 
 
61-97m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
73-109m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
85-121m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
97-133m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
109-145m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discrete calendar year performance : Steve Russell

Manager career performance
Discrete performance
  0-12m 12-24m 24-36m 36-48m 48-60m 60-72m 72-84m 84-96m 96-108m 108-120m
Steve Russell 2.0 -7.1 4.8 10.9 11.3 3.2 -4.2 1.2 10.9 1.7
Peer Group Composite 10.1 2.1 -4.5 6.1 2.8 5.5 -1.8 9.1 6.5 1.8
Over / Under -8.1 -9.2 9.3 4.8 8.5 -2.3 -2.4 -7.9 4.4 -0.1
Performance vs peer group composite: Steve Russell
How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.
 
Overall markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
4 years
out of a possible 10
 
Overall markets
Up
Underperformed peer group composite
6 years
out of a possible 10
 
Rising markets
UpDown
Outperformed peer group composite
3 years
out of a possible 8
 
Falling markets
UpDown
Outperformed peer group composite
1 year
out of a possible 2
Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
WS Ruffer Absolute Return Co-managed IA Unclassified since Jan 31 2006 to present
WS Ruffer Total Return Co-managed IA Mixed Investment 20-60% Shares since Oct 01 2006 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
Ruffer Investment Company Ltd since Jul 08 2004 to Sep 30 2019
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