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John Yakas
Polar Capital, Polar Capital Partners Ltd
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Manager profile
John joined Polar Capital in September 2010 and is co-manager of the Polar Capital Global Financials Trust plc and also fund manager of the Polar Capital Asian Opportunities Fund and the Polar Capital Financial Opportunities Fund. Previously, John worked for HSBC as a banker based in Hong Kong and was the head of Asian research at Fox-Pitt, Kelton. In 2003 he joined Hiscox Investment Management which later became HIM Capital. John has won Lipper awards in the equity sector banks and other financials sector in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 for the performance of the Polar Capital Asian Opportunities Fund.
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Manager career performance
Discrete calendar year performance : John Yakas

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
John Yakas 20.7 -10.7 9.2 53.4 -18.7 0.8 5.9 46.5 -7.0 6.8
Peer Group Composite 19.8 -10.3 7.2 47.3 -13.1 3.3 9.1 42.2 -7.9 5.9
Over / Under 0.9 -0.4 2.0 6.1 -5.6 -2.5 -3.2 4.3 0.9 0.9
Performance vs peer group composite: John Yakas
How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. 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.
 
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Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
Polar Capital Financial Opportunities Co-managed IA Financials and Financial Innovation since May 03 2011 to present
Polar Capital Global Financials Trust PLC Co-managed IT Financials & Financial Innovation since Jul 07 2013 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
Polar Capital Asian Opportunities since Dec 06 1996 to Mar 01 2021
Polar Capital European Financials since Mar 11 1993 to fund close
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