Simon Jones

Simon Jones has been in the fund management industry since 1986. He joined Prudential Portfolio Managers in the UK in 1986 and initially specialised in managing US equities. In 1990 he transferred to PPM’s Asia desk to specialise in Japanese equities and derivatives (principally warrants, options and convertible bonds). In 1995 he moved to Jardine Fleming Investment Advisers in Japan where he managed Japanese equities and for the last five years was a Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the JF Japan Portfolios Group, responsible for $20bn+ of Japanese equity funds as well as management oversight of the global fixed income and global equity funds managed in Japan for domestic clients. On merging with JP Morgan, he became a Managing Director and CIO of JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. In addition, for six years while at JF/JPMAM, he managed the JF Macro Absolute Return Fund, a global macro hedge fund. He was the manager of a number of award winning Japanese equity funds during his time at both PPM and JF. He returned to the UK in April 2003 and became a founding member of the Investment Manager. He has a BSc (Hons) in Banking and Finance from Loughborough University (Midland Bank scholarship), is an Associate of the Society of Investment Professionals and a member of CFA Institute