Threadneedle Absolute Return Bond Net Retail Accumulation

Quentin Fitzsimmons
Located in: London

In 1991 Quentin Fitzsimmons joined Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada and progressed to senior investment analyst, moving to the Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1994 as senior portfolio manager. He then joined F&C (formerly Foreign & Colonial) Investment Management Ltd in 1999 and became director of fixed interest (UK bonds) before joining Threadneedle in September 2003 as Head of Government Bonds. Quentin is responsible for managing a variety of institutional fixed income portfolios managed for third party clients. He is also Co-Fund Manager for the Threadneedle Absolute Return Bond Fund and the Threadneedle Target Return Fund and is Deputy Fund Manager for the Threadneedle Sterling Bond Fund. Quentin graduated in 1989 from the University of Bristol with a BSc in Economics and Economic History.

Peter Allwright
Located in: London

Peter Allwright started his career in 1993 with Cooper Neff Associates. Between 1994 and 2000 he held a number of different roles at Nomura, Nikko and Svenska Handelsbanken where he gained extensive experience as a market-maker and proprietary trader in London, Tokyo and Stockholm. In 2001, he moved to Royal London Asset Management where he was responsible for the management of global bond portfolios before becoming a senior portfolio manager at Gartmore in 2004. He joined Threadneedle in 2005 as a Global Bond Fund Manager and manages the Threadneedle European Bond Fund, the Threadneedle Sterling Bond Fund and the Threadneedle Global Bond Fund. He is also responsible for absolute return and high alpha strategies and is co-fund manager for the Threadneedle Absolute Return Bond Fund and the Threadneedle Target Return Fund. Peter holds a BA (Hons) degree in Engineering and Management Studies from Magdalene College, Cambridge and is a CFA Charterholder and an associate member of UKSIP.