Paul Angell is AJ Bell's Head of Investment Research. Paul began his investment career with a global investment bank in 2010, holding various roles across London and Hong Kong over the following years. In 2016, Paul then joined a UK-based investment consultancy business. Here, he was responsible for selecting investment strategies across asset classes to support the firm’s £2.5 billion managed portfolio service, as well as numerous external clients.
Paul joined AJ Bell in 2023 to lead the firm’s investment research offering, ensuring that clients across the business have a great selection of investment options to work with.
16 August 2024
Favourite funds update - 16 August 2024The AJ Bell Favourite funds list is designed to lighten your research load. There are thousands of funds out there – so we’ve narrowed the field by selecting a high-quality shortlist of funds we believe can deliver their objectives over the long term. To make the list, each fund needs to pass our robust, independent selection process.
What have we...
14 August 2024
Three rising star fund managers to look out forGenuine rising stars in fund management are a rare breed. Investors typically focus on experience and long-term performance track records, making appointing junior fund managers a risk to asset managers. On top of this, asset managers continue to attempt to move beyond the era of star managers, preferring to focus on investment teams and processes...
25 July 2024
Star manager down: what happens when a fund manager leaves or retires?While the concept of ‘star managers’ may have lost some momentum in recent years, there are still plenty of funds that have key person risk.
This year alone we've seen two clear examples in the announced departures of Ben Whitmore from the Jupiter UK Special Situations fund and Mike Riddell from the Allianz Strategic Bond fund.
The commonality was...
9 May 2024
Favourite funds update - May 2024The AJ Bell Favourite funds list is designed to lighten your research load. There are thousands of funds out there – so we’ve narrowed the field by selecting a high-quality shortlist of funds we believe can deliver their objectives over the long term. To make the list, each fund needs to pass our robust, independent selection process.
What have we...
18 April 2024
Favourite funds update - April 2024The AJ Bell Favourite funds list is designed to lighten your research load. There are thousands of funds out there – so we’ve narrowed the field by selecting a high-quality shortlist of funds we believe can deliver their objectives over the long term. To make the list, each fund needs to pass our robust, independent selection process.
What have we...
28 March 2024
Favourite funds update - March 2024The AJ Bell Favourite funds list is designed to lighten your research load. There are thousands of funds out there – so we’ve narrowed the field by selecting a high-quality shortlist of funds we believe can deliver their objectives over the long term. To make the list, each fund needs to pass our robust, independent selection process.
What have we...
25 March 2024
Last-minute picks: Eight trusts and funds for ISAsAs we continue to creep closer to 6 April, and with ISA season well under way, many people will be considering their investment choices and reviewing what’s in their portfolios before the start of the new financial year. We take a look at eight investment trusts and funds for investors to consider, with different risk levels covering bonds, global...
