| Headline: The A-team anatomized Source: Euromoney Date: May 2001 Percy: the boss. Unlike Hannibal Smith, Percy does not hold a fondness for cigars. However, having masterminded the success of PDFM and turned around Morgan Grenfell Asset Management’s fortunes, he has an impressive track record in the business of managing investment houses. Caught up in the Peter Young business at MGAM he was forced to leave in September 1996 but resurfaced full time at SGAM in 1999 after reaching an agreement with the regulators. Now happily reunited with Nicola Horlick. Horlick: The face of SGAM. She claims to be an unwitting participant in the Horlick hype. However having her image on bill posters in numerous tube stations around London and on all the firm’s advertising will not lower her profile. Made her reputation at Mercury and Morgan Grenfell before falling out with Percy’s replacement Sir Robert Smith. Famously went to Frankfurt with a press pack in tow to argue over her treatment with the powers that be but ended up leaving. Richards: The investment whizz. A big force behind Mercury’s elevation to the top of the UK institutional fund management tree in the 1990s, taking up the baton from Leonard Licht. |