Gartmore finds a good alternative

Gartmore’s new chief executive, Glyn Jones, is determined to press ahead as a specialist fund manager with alternative investment styles

YOU COULDN’T ASK for a better place from which to make a quick getaway than Gartmore Investment Management. A vulture-like rank of taxis lie in wait immediately outside its City of London entrance. And Fenchurch Street Station is next door.

For many people working there in the last few years, this range of escape routes came in very handy as Gartmore’s revolving door almost spun off its hinges in the stream of departing staff and new arrivals.