Nick Train: the world’s greatest investors

Nick Train is a believer in “buy and hold” – that you should find high-quality growth companies, buy them, then hang on to them.

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Nick Train is a believer in the "buy and hold" method of investing
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After graduating from Oxford with a degree in modern history, Nick Train joined investment firm GT Management in 1981. He then briefly worked for fund manager M&G for two years before setting up his own company, Lindsell Train. He currently manages four funds: Finsbury Growth and Income Trust (since December 2000); Lindsell Train investment trust (since 2001); CF Lindsell Train UK Equity (since 2005); and Lindsell Train Global Equity (which he co-manages).

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Matthew graduated from the University of Durham in 2004; he then gained an MSc, followed by a PhD at the London School of Economics.

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