Alexander Darwall

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Alexander Darwall
Devon Equity Management
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Alexander Darwall is the Chief Investment Officer of Devon Equity Management Limited, which he founded in 2019. He was formerly head of strategy for European equities at Jupiter Asset Management, where he worked from 1995 to November 2019. He has been the lead portfolio manager to European Opportunities Trust PLC since its launch in November 2000. Before joining Jupiter, Alexander trained as an investment analyst with de Zoete & Bevan (BZW) before moving in 1987 to Enskilda Securities in Paris, where he became head of French equity research. He joined Goldman Sachs in London in 1992, where he worked as a French equity analyst. Alexander has a degree in History from Cambridge University.

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Annualised total return over 24.1 years

+7.9%

Cumulative performance (% growth)

	1 year	3 years	5 years	7 years	10 years
Alexander Darwall	-3.3	-0.7	-0.7	13.0	71.0
Peer Group Composite	4.2	-0.6	34.2	42.9	106.6
Over / Under	-7.5	-0.1	-34.9	-29.9	-35.6

Total return for Alexander Darwall

Discrete calendar year performance : Alexander Darwall

Discrete performance

	0-12m	12-24m	24-36m	36-48m	48-60m	60-72m	72-84m	84-96m	96-108m	108-120m

Alexander Darwall	-3.3	13.3	-9.3	13.3	-11.4	11.4	2.1	27.6	-1.0	20.0
Peer Group Composite	4.2	10.1	-13.3	20.3	12.8	14.1	-6.7	26.8	7.9	5.8
Over / Under	-7.5	3.2	4.0	-7.0	-24.2	-2.7	8.8	0.8	-8.9	14.2

Performance vs peer group composite: Alexander Darwall

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

Outperformed peer group composite

5 years

out of a possible 10

Overall markets

Underperformed peer group composite

5 years

out of a possible 10

Rising markets

Outperformed peer group composite

3 years

out of a possible 8

Falling markets

Outperformed peer group composite

2 years

out of a possible 2

Funds currently managed

Fund	Sole/Co-managed	Sector	Periods

European Opportunities Trust PLC	Lead manager	IT Europe	since Nov 20 2000 to present

Funds managed previously

Fund	Periods

Jupiter European	since Jan 31 2001 to Oct 01 2019
JGF-Jupiter European Growth	since Apr 01 2007 to Sep 30 2019
Scottish Widows HIFML European Focus	since Jan 19 2009 to fund close
Royal London European Growth Trust	since Apr 01 2015 to Aug 07 2019
SJP Global Absolute Return	since Apr 10 2012 to Nov 09 2014