A hedge fund manager who took his own life last year was experiencing high stress amid a tough time for the business, in a sign of the pain being felt across financial services during the pandemic.

Former Polar Capital fund manager Guy Rushton, 36, was found dead last May following his discharge from a psychiatric hospital. His death was attributed to “high stress” from being unable to take time off at work and anxiety about the future of the fund he managed, his widow said, particularly “about the value of his own money invested in the fund”.