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Richard Woolnough FE Alpha Manager
M&G UK
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Overall, performing better than the peer group composite. Over a long track record, the manager has outperformed the peer group more often than not. Good stockpicking has had a material positive impact on results, which have not been particularly exposed to falling markets.
Manager profile
Richard Woolnough joined M&G in January 2004 and is fund manager of the M&G Optimal Income Fund, the M&G Corporate Bond Fund and the M&G Strategic Bond Fund, three of the company's flagship fixed interest funds. Richard began his career at Lloyds Merchant Bank in 1985, moving to Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali two years later, followed by SG Warburg. In 1995, he became a fund manager at Old Mutual. Richard graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc in economics.
Total return for Richard Woolnough
Manager career performance
 
Rolling Alpha Quartile: Discrete three year periods
Rolling Alpha Quartile shows a manager's alpha score in quartile terms, plotting his or her risk adjusted performance against all other managers in the UT & OEICs universe. The best managers are those who are consistently ranked in the first or second quartile.
 
Quartile 1
Quartile 2
Quartile 3
Quartile 4
 
 
 
 
 
0-36m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12-48m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24-60m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
36-72m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
48-84m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discrete calendar year performance : Richard Woolnough

Manager career performance
Discrete performance
  0-12m 12-24m 24-36m 36-48m 48-60m 60-72m 72-84m 84-96m 96-108m 108-120m
Richard Woolnough 12.0 8.2 6.0 21.8 3.4 1.9 2.0 4.1 7.3 2.1
Peer Group Composite 13.3 4.7 5.4 24.8 -11.0 -2.4 1.4 3.8 7.1 2.7
Over / Under -1.3 3.5 0.6 -3.0 14.4 4.3 0.6 0.3 0.2 -0.6
Performance vs peer group composite: Richard Woolnough
How a manager matches up against his peers gives you some idea of how talented he is. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.
 
Overall markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
7 years
out of a possible 10
 
Overall markets
Up
Underperformed peer group composite
3 years
out of a possible 10
 
Rising markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
5 years
out of a possible 8
 
Falling markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
2 years
out of a possible 2
Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
M&G Strategic Corporate Bond Lead manager UT Sterling Corporate Bond since Feb 20 2004 to present
M&G Corporate Bond Lead manager UT Sterling Corporate Bond since Feb 27 2004 to present
M&G Optimal Income Lead manager UT Sterling Strategic Bond since Dec 08 2006 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
Pru Corporate Bond since Jan 01 2005 to fund close
Old Mutual Corporate Bond since Jan 01 2000 to Dec 31 2003
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