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Ryan Hughes is AJ Bell's Managing Director of AJ Bell Investments. He joined AJ Bell in 2016 as Head of Fund Selection before moving on to become Head of Investment Partnerships and later, Investments Director.
Ryan started his career in 1999 working as a Financial Adviser before moving into investment research. He spent eight years as a Senior Fund Manager at Skandia Investment Group, where he was a member of their Investment Committee and Global Asset Allocation Committee. Before coming to AJ Bell, he was working as a Fund Manager and Discretionary Portfolio Manager for a leading global investment management firm, Apollo Multi Asset Management.
He's responsible for all elements across AJ Bell Investments solutions including the fund range, managed portfolio service (MPS) solutions and bespoke managed portfolio services for advisers. Ryan is also responsible for the oversight of the investment research process.
Ryan is regularly asked to judge industry awards and provide commentary on key industry events as an expert voice. He has appeared on TV, radio and national newspapers for more than 20 years. He has a degree in Business Studies from The University of the West of England and wrote his university dissertation on the topic of ethical investments in the 1990s - long before it was fashionable like it is today!
28 January 2020
Link announces Woodford capital distributionLink has today announced the amount of the first capital distribution investors will receive from the Equity Income fund formerly managed by Neil Woodford. Read the announcement here.
"In some respects, today represents the first day of closure for investors who have suffered from the terrible performance of the Woodford Equity Income fund," says...
7 June 2019
Woodford fund suspension: what you need to knowIt was the investing news that launched a thousand headlines. On Monday, the struggling Woodford Equity Income Fund suspended its trading. How did it happen? What happens now? And as a customer of AJ Bell Youinvest, what should you know that perhaps hasn’t been covered elsewhere?
Why the fund was suspendedThe Woodford Equity Income Fund has been...
13 March 2019
Brexit-proofed funds for ISAsTuesday's defeat of Theresa May’s Brexit deal confirms investors continue to face a period of uncertainty as they approach the important tax year end deadline.
The latest fund sales data from the Investment Association showed that £506 million was withdrawn from funds held in ISAs during January, the ninth month of outflows in a row. Whilst it is...
11 September 2018
We've refreshed our Favourite funds listAt AJ Bell Youinvest, we're proud to offer a huge range of possible investments – including over 2,000 funds and shares from 24 markets. But we’re also acutely aware how time-consuming, not to say bewildering, it can be to sift through these choices to find the right one for you.
Many of our customers have told us they'd like some help narrowing...
