| Jupiter Fund Management plc | |
| Type: | Public |
| Foundation: | 1985 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Key People: | Nichola Pease, Chairman Andrew Formica, CEO |
| Industry: | Investment management |
| Revenue: | £405.6 million (2023)[1] |
| Operating Income: | £86.0 million (2023) |
| Net Income: | £(12.9) million (2023) |
| Aum: | £52.2 billion (2023) |
| Homepage: | www.jupiteram.com |
Jupiter Fund Management is a UK fund management group, managing equity and bond investments for private and institutional investors. The company manages assets across a wide range of international and UK based mutual funds, investment companies and institutional mandates, as well as providing wealth management services. The Company offers a variety of equity portfolios specialising in markets such as the UK, Europe, Asia and other emerging European nations, as well as multi-manager funds and specialist thematic investments such as absolute return funds, socially responsible investment funds and global financial funds. It also has a growing fixed interest franchise, with a focus on investing in high grade corporate bonds, strategic bonds and convertibles. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The company was established by John Duffield in 1985[2] and later sold to German bank Commerzbank in two tranches in 1995 and 2000. John Duffield left in 2000 after a public row with the company's new owners and set up a rival fund group, New Star Asset Management in 2001.[2] Between 2000 and June 2007 Jupiter was headed by Joint Group Chief Executives Jonathan Carey and Edward Bonham Carter. Jonathan Carey retired in 2010 after 23 years at the company.[3] Between June 2007 and March 2014, Jupiter was headed by Edward Bonham Carter (brother of British actress Helena Bonham Carter).[4]
Jupiter bought itself out from Commerzbank in a management buyout (MBO) in June 2007.[5] Around 95% of the company's staff then became shareholders. US private equity firm TA Associates supported the MBO and held a minority stake in the business.[3] On 21 June 2010, Jupiter floated on the London Stock Exchange at 165p a share. Employees retained around 41% ownership of the Company on the day it listed and TA Associates reinvested in the business, taking its shareholding to around 22% on the day of admission to the London Stock Exchange.[6] In December 2013, it was announced that Edward Bonham Carter would step down as chief executive of Jupiter in March 2014 and be replaced by Maarten Slendebroek.[7] [8]
The company acquired Merian Global Investors for consideration of £370 million in July 2020.[9]
Jupiter is home to a number of well-known fund managers. John Chatfeild-Roberts joined Jupiter with his team from Lazard Asset Management in 2001: he manages fund of fund portfolios and in February 2010 took over as chief investment officer.[10] Ben Whitmore manages the Jupiter Income Trust[11] while Mark Nichols runs the Jupiter European Fund.[12]