Alex Lennard is an Investment Director at Ruffer, an investment management company. He co-manages one of Ruffer’s flagship funds, the Total Return International Fund (RTRI), a UCITS fund with multiple currency share classes, created to meet the demands and requirements of investors outside of the United Kingdom. Alex also sits on the firm's Senior Asset Allocation Committee.
Ruffer has managed investments for private clients, pension funds, charities, institutions and financial advisors for close to three decades. The independent private partnership has £26.6 billion under management and has 340-plus employees in offices in Edinburgh, London, Paris and Guernsey. Rather than taking undue risks in a push towards growth, Ruffer is focused on not losing money. It has successfully navigated the economy's many ups and downs, including the dot.com boom and bust, the Global Financial Crisis, and most recently Covid-19.
After joining the investment firm in 2006, Alex reported directly to Jonathan Ruffer as an Associate. He made partner five years later, when he was also appointed to manage...Alex Lennard is an Investment Director at Ruffer, an investment management company. He co-manages one of Ruffer’s flagship funds, the Total Return International Fund (RTRI), a UCITS fund with multiple currency share classes, created to meet the demands and requirements of investors outside of the United Kingdom. Alex also sits on the firm's Senior Asset Allocation Committee.
Ruffer has managed investments for private clients, pension funds, charities, institutions and financial advisors for close to three decades. The independent private partnership has £26.6 billion under management and has 340-plus employees in offices in Edinburgh, London, Paris and Guernsey. Rather than taking undue risks in a push towards growth, Ruffer is focused on not losing money. It has successfully navigated the economy's many ups and downs, including the dot.com boom and bust, the Global Financial Crisis, and most recently Covid-19.
After joining the investment firm in 2006, Alex reported directly to Jonathan Ruffer as an Associate. He made partner five years later, when he was also appointed to manage RTRI at launch and has successfully navigated growth as one of the firm’s investment directors. In his role, Alex is frequently called upon to offer his investment insight into asset allocation, inflation, volatility, fund adjustments and stock trends. His focus as Co-Manager of Ruffer’s Total Return International Fund is on institutional investors. Through an actively managed portfolio, the fund's main investment objective is to produce positive returns with lower volatility.
Alex is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and a Non-Executive Director of the JPMorgan European Investment Trust. He holds an honours degree from Exeter University in Economics and Finance.moreless
Ruffer Investment Director Alex Lennard offers his opinion on the recent market volatility of tech stocks and their attractiveness to current investors.
Ruffer LLP is a global investment firm with offices in the United Kingdom. Its goal is to provide clients with safe and secure investments, regardless of market volatility.
Ruffer Total Return International is managed by Alex Lennard and Jacques Hirsch. The fund's primary investing goal is to generate positive returns with less volatility through an actively managed portfolio.
Alex began his career at Ruffer as an Associate to Jonathan Ruffer, supporting him with the management of portfolios. Alex became an Investment Manager in 2008.
Non-Executive Director of the JPMorgan European Investment Trust
London, UK
The JPMorgan European Investment Trust plc permits investors to move between income shares and growth shares once a year on the annual conversion date.
Alex joins the Portfolio Construction Forum podcast to discuss the return of inflation volatility and how that requires a change in the creation of portfolios.
Rory McIvor, Alex Lennard and Kate Forsyth examine what has brought bond prices increases to a halt, the variables that could indicate the end of the bond bull market and the implications for investors.
Alex talks about Ruffer's successful investment strategy in protecting their clients' interests, the value of asymmetric trades, how to properly monetise protection, and why the typically risk-averse firm invested in Bitcoin.
Ruffer LLP Investment Director Alex Lennard talks about the firm's risk management strategy and what it implies for its portfolios and returns if markets decline.
Alex is profiled by Investment Strategy News on his career path at Ruffer, the success of the firm's unorthodox investment strategy, and who he is in his downtime.
Alex offers his insight into the projected inflation increase, sharing that to regain control of inflation, the Fed must tighten its monetary policy by raising real rates.
The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment is a global organisation of finance professionals. While operating in the securities and investment industries, the organisation ensures that all members follow the organisation's code of conduct and ethical norms.
Alex reviews Disrupted by Dan Lyons, discussing the author himself as well as the book, which combines humour with a critical examination of the negative aspects of much-vaunted start-ups.
