Neil Hermon
Neil Hermon is Director of UK Equities and a Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since 2013. He joined Henderson in 2002 as head of UK smaller companies. Prior to this, he served as head of UK smaller companies for General Accident Investment Management (later to become CGU plc). He began his career at Ernst & Young as a chartered accountant.
Neil received an MA (Hons) in mathematics from Cambridge University. He is an associate member of the Society of Investment Professionals (ASIP) and has 32 years of financial industry experience.
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A disciplined approach to long-term investing
In this video, Neil Hermon, Portfolio Manager of the Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust, provides an update on the Trust highlighting the key drivers behind the consistent level of outperformance, areas where he is finding opportunities, and the factors currently driving market uncertainty.
The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust – Fund Manager 2021 AGM presentation
Neil Hermon, Portfolio Manager of the Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust, deliver his AGM shareholder presentation. This presentation covers the Trust’s performance over the last financial year, portfolio activity over the period, and Neil’s outlook for UK smaller companies.
Domestic Trust, Regional Earnings.
When investing in a country-specific Trust, it’s tempting to assume that the returns delivered by the underlying portfolio will only come from that domestic market. More often than not, that isn’t the case. In this video, we explain how overseas revenues can provide further diversification to a portfolio.
Consistency of approach the key to strong performance
Neil Hermon, Fund Manager of the Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust, discusses the Trust’s recent performance, highlighting the key drivers of performance, his growth at a reasonable price investment approach (GARP), challenges in the UK market, and the Trust’s approach to ESG.
Fund manager interview with interactive investor
In an interview with interactive investor, The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust fund manager, Neil Hermon, talks in more detail about the Trust, the investment process, recent portfolio activity and ESG.
Brexit and UK Smaller Companies
Neil Hermon, Fund Manager for Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust, discusses the Trusts recent performance; specifically, how the Trust has outperformed its benchmark in a very challenging year. Neil also discusses latest changes in the portfolio.
Investing with an embedded approach to ESG
Neil Hermon, Fund Manager of the Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust, explains how his approach to ESG investing is (and has always been) embedded in his investment process.
The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust Fund Manager presentation
Watch Neil Hermon, Fund Manager for Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust, present on how the Trust has performed over the last financial year and his outlook for the coming months.
The Importance of Dividends to Total Returns
For those seeking long-term, inflation beating returns, stock market investment represents one of the most accessible and compelling avenues. Dividend investing is not new but has fallen out of favour despite their historically significant role in total returns.
Manager update on Henderson Smaller Companies
Neil Hermon, Fund Manager of Henderson Smaller Companies, delivers an update on how the Trust has fared in the opening months of the year.
Optimistic outlook for the UK economy
Neil Hermon, fund manager for Henderson Smaller Companies Trust, discusses the Trust’s “excellent” performance in 2019
Video: an introduction to HSL
Fund Manager Neil Hermon introduces The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust, explaining the Trust’s objective and how the team works towards achieving this.