Neil Woodford, Value Investing Guru

Neil Woodford is one of the UK's most successful investors. He is Head of Investment for Invesco Perpetual and runs the Invesco Perpetual Income and Invesco Perpetual High Income funds and the Edinburgh Investment Trust and Invesco Perpetual UK Equity Pension Fund. He also manages the equity portfolios of the Invesco Perpetual Monthly Income Plus strategic bond fund (up to 25% of the portfolio can be invested in equities) and Invesco Perpetual Distribution Fund. The High Income Fund is currently the UK's largest investment fund.

Neil Woodford graduated in Economics and Agricultural Economics from Exeter University in 1981, and later studied finance at the London Business School. He began his investment career at the Dominion Insurance Company in 1981, and has worked in both corporate finance and fund management. He became a fund manager with Eagle Star in 1987, then joined Perpetual (now Invesco Perpetual) in 1988.

Neil Woodford's approach to investing is a Value based strategy, with the emphasis on income. He Current holds safe high yield shares, such as tobacco, telecoms and pharmaceuticals.

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