BlackRock UK Equity I Inc
This fund can be held in a Dealing accountStocks and shares ISALifetime ISAJISASIPPand can be used with Regular investment
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Management
| Name of company | BlackRock Fund Managers Limited |
| Phone | 020 7743 3000 |
| Website | www.blackrock.co.uk |
| Address | 12 Throgmorton Avenue - London EC2N 2DL United Kingdom |
Fund
| Domicile | GBR |
| Legal structure | Unit Trust |
| UCITS | Yes |
| Inception date | 15/10/1971 |
Managers
| Fund manager | Adam Avigdori |
| Manager start date | 01/12/2022 |
| Biography | Adam Avigdori, Managing Director, and portfolio manager is Deputy Head of BlackRock's UK Equity Team within BlackRock's Fundamental Equities. He has been a portfolio manager since 2005, originally running private unit trusts. Mr. Avigdori was appointed co-manager of the Blackrock UK Income strategies in 2009 and the UK Charities strategies in 2015.Mr. Avigdori additionally represents EMEA on the Fundamental Equities Sustainable Steering Committee and is a member of the EMEA Talent Committee.Mr Avigdori's service with the firm dates back to 2001, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. Mr Avigdori earned a BSc (Hons) in Management Sciences from UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) in 2001. |
| Fund manager | Samantha Brownlee |
| Manager start date | 01/12/2022 |
| Biography | Samantha Brownlee, Director and portfolio manager in the UK Core Equity team within BlackRock's Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock's Active Equity group. Samantha is responsible for the UK Equity and UK Focus portfolios alongside Luke Chappell, with a research emphasis on Basic Resources. Samantha joined Blackrock in December of 2022. Prior to joining Blackrock, Samantha worked at abrdn for 14 years working on the Pan European, US and UK equities teams. Samantha spent 7 years living in Philadelphia, working as a portfolio manager on US portfolios and covering North American stocks as a generalist, before returning to the UK in 2020. |
| Fund manager | David Goldman |
| Manager start date | 01/12/2022 |
| Biography | David Goldman, CFA, Director and portfolio manager, is a member of BlackRock's UK Equity Team within BlackRock's Fundamental Equities. Mr Goldman is responsible for the UK Income and Charity portfolios.Mr. Goldman's service with the firm dates back to 2004, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, Mr. Goldman held a variety of positions on both the UK equity team and in the fixed income division. Mr. Goldman began his investment career with MLIM in 2004 as a member of the investment training program.Mr. Goldman earned a BSc degree, with first class honours, in economics from Bristol University in 2004. |
| Fund manager | Matthew Betts |
| Manager start date | 20/01/2020 |
| Biography | - |
| Fund manager | Luke Chappell |
| Manager start date | 30/09/2016 |
| Biography | Luke Chappell, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is head of the UK and Global Core Equity teams within BlackRock's Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock's Active Equity group. Mr. Chappell's service with the firm dates back to 1998, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers ("MLIM"), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, Mr. Chappell was an equity portfolio manager, responsible for managing UK Specialist equity portfolios. Prior to joining MLIM, he worked at another investment management house in a range of research and fund management roles, with particular emphasis on specialist accounts and mid-cap stocks. |
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