Capitalising on cyclical trends and structural shifts
Tom Dorner
Fund Manager
George Barrow
Fund Manager
This video was originally produced in conjunction with Doceo as a fund update.
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The Polar Capital Global Financials Trust explores opportunities across the global Financials sector, seeking to capitalise on both cyclical trends and structural shifts. Tom Dorner and George Barrow, co-managers of the Trust, provide some insight into their process and where they're seeing opportunities.
Tom joined Polar Capital as a Fund Manager in the Financials team in December 2023. He is a co-manager on the Polar Capital Global Financials Trust, with Nick Brind and George Barrow.
He joined from abrdn where he was a Senior Investment Director in the Developed Markets team and managed the abrdn Europe ex UK Income Equity Fund. He was responsible for analytical coverage of European financials and managed a number of other European investment funds during his nine years there. Prior to this, he was an analyst specialising in the European Insurance sector at Citi and Lehman Brothers in London.
George Barrow
George joined Polar Capital in September 2010 as an analyst on the Financials Team. He is a co-manager on the Polar Capital Financial Opportunities Fund, and the Polar Capital Global Financials Trust, with Nick Brind and Tom Dorner.
He has over 10 years’ experience analysing Europe, Asia and emerging markets. Prior to joining Polar Capital, he was an analyst at HIM Capital from 2008 where he completed his IMC.
